>> 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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