Follow-up Comment #3, bug #58541 (project findutils): [comment #2 Lady Aleena:] > [comment #1 Andreas Metzler:] > > Just use > > find -type f -print0 | sort -fnr --zero-terminated | xargs -r0 whatevercommand > > I did that, but it would be nice not to have to pipe so much.
Well it is the Unix way to have small utilities doing one thing well. There are good reasons for that. You will to need type | some time but you don't need to remember what the sort-output option is called for a dozen utilities and what options this utility-specific sort accepts. Also every added options makes the documentation harder to read and the program harder to maintain. (Increased code size, need for a bigger test-suite, etc.) _______________________________________________________ Reply to this item at: <https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?58541> _______________________________________________ Message sent via Savannah https://savannah.gnu.org/