URL: <http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?35141>
Summary: [feature_request] -prune0 action, or a -0 option Project: findutils Submitted by: gavinbeatty Submitted on: Wed 21 Dec 2011 09:09:13 GMT Category: find Severity: 3 - Normal Item Group: None Status: None Privacy: Public Assigned to: None Originator Name: Originator Email: Open/Closed: Open Discussion Lock: Any Release: 4.2.27 Fixed Release: None _______________________________________________________ Details: All actions whose main use is to give useful output (to send to xargs, etc.) should have a NUL-separated alternate. -prune does not have this. find . -name 'bin*' -type d -prune | xargs -r rm -r -- But, what about unusual directory names for 'bin*' matches? _______________________________________________________ Reply to this item at: <http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?35141> _______________________________________________ Message sent via/by Savannah http://savannah.gnu.org/