> The main reason I posted it is that people often don't think to use xargs > which is one of the more useful programs around, far more efficient than > find's -exec argument which is often overused.
What are the benefits of using xargs as opposed to the -exec option? Take this from the POV of a guy who doesn't spend much time in the CLI :) > The beauty of mailing lists like this is that there are often pearls > amongst the discussion of politics and other OT stuff. In particular I had > forgotten the ctrl-alt-esc sequence in X-windows which allows one to nuke > any window, and have used it several times in the last few days when I had > frozen windows (opera6 in downloads mostly). You are very correct. I personally use xkill as its not dependant on a key sequence, but then I use a nasty mix of KDE and GNOME with a rather complex Mac-like keyboard shortcut set <G>. -- PDA HandyMan www.pdahandyman.com "Giving the Mobile User What They Really Want!" _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list - http://linux.nf/mailman/listinfo/linux-users Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Archives,and Digests are located at the above URL.
