On Tue, 15 Feb 2011 12:57:12 +0300 Peter Andreev <[email protected]> wrote:
> Use of "xargs" on many files will be much faster than "find...exec" > construction This is a surprisingly common myth. exec can pass single or multiple arguments according to whether you use ";" or "+" > > find / -type f -name copyright.htm | xargs sed -i .bak -e > 's/2010/2011/g' This is much less safe on FreeBSD than it is with the GNU versions because print0 is required for paths with spaces. find ... -print0 | xargs -0 ... _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[email protected]"
