On Mon, 13 Apr 2015 15:36:33 -0500 David Wright <deb...@lionunicorn.co.uk> wrote:
> Quoting Petter Adsen (pet...@synth.no): > > On Mon, 13 Apr 2015 12:12:51 -0500 > > David Wright <deb...@lionunicorn.co.uk> wrote: > > > Have fun reading man find, though! > > > > petter@monster:~$ man tar | wc -l > > 540 > > petter@monster:~$ man find | wc -l > > 1572 > > > > :-) > > Mea culpa. But, in my defence, I think I used tar once or twice in > the second millennium, but never knowingly since. Normally I would > have had cpio on the end of that pipe, not tar. You have nothing to defend, I was just making a joke on what man page would be the easiest to find what I needed in. A tarball was good for what I needed to do, and it's what I was most familiar with. > But, to make a serious point, knowing how to use find is a > valuable skill as plenty of software doesn't have the options > that tar now has. Absolutely, and I use find frequently, it's a valuable tool. I'm especially fond of "-exec". :) Petter -- "I'm ionized" "Are you sure?" "I'm positive."
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