>> It's not just speed. In many cases you can use find|xargs to get a similar
>> result, but there are cases where he ** thingy is difficult to emulate with
>> other tools. One example I've used releatedly is
>>
>> for f in **/CVS/Root; do ... done
>>
>> if you havedirectories named "CVS" that don't have a "Root" fine in them,
>> the above code is difficult to simulate with find.
> Unless you have GNU find.
> $ find -path "*/CVS/Root" | ...
Damn! Now everybody knows that I haven't updated my knowledge of `find'
during the last 10 years!
Stefan
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