Ken Irving wrote: > > On Wed, Dec 19, 2001 at 12:26:05PM -0600, Michael D. Schleif wrote: > > > > More and more, *nix developers are following the dark path of using > > whitespace in directory and filenames -- something which I've always > > detested, from an sa standpoint ;< > > > > For example, on my upgraded potato box I may want to do something this > > simple: > > > > grep pump `find /etc/ -type f` > > > > ... > > > > How do others handle this? > > The -exec option under find should't care what the name looks like: > > $ find /etc/ -type f -exec -H pump {} \;
Of course, you meant this: find /etc/ -type f -exec grep -H pump {} \; OK, this is workable in my example find/grep example. I'll have to think on this for the general case. Thank you. -- Best Regards, mds mds resource 888.250.3987 Dare to fix things before they break . . . Our capacity for understanding is inversely proportional to how much we think we know. The more I know, the more I know I don't know . . .