Richard Coffee wrote:
>
> I was installing curl 7.32.0 today and ran across something I would
> like to ask about. In the current BLFS book, as part of the make
> install, there is this line:
>
> find docs \( -name "Makefile*" -o -name "*.1" -o -name "*.3" \) -exec
> rm {} \; &&
>
> Now in my old script file for curl 7.25.0 I have this line:
>
> find docs -name "Makefile*" -o -name "*.1" -o -name "*.3" | xargs rm
> &&
>
> The lines appear functionally identical. My question is does anyone
> know why the line was changed? I'm thinking that it may have just
> been the preference of the editor who updated the version. Or was
> there another reason? Some nuance of the line that prompted the
> change? I'm just curious...
I don't know. personally I'd do:
find docs -name Makefile\* -o -name \*.1 -o -name \*.3 -delete
-- Bruce
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