On Thu, 08 Sep 2005 14:50:38 +0000, wrote: >> thnx everybody for xargs tutorial (bit of a strange beast xargs!). Here's the crux of the matter ISFAIUI
if you want to pipe the o/p of find then xargs will 'regulate' the flow of filenames if you use the -exec method that is inherently on a per file basis so does not require xargs but with a speed penalty for a large number of files -- zzapper Success for Techies and Vim,Zsh tips http://SuccessTheory.com/ -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
