On Fri, Dec 15, 2023 at 02:30:21PM +0100, Nicolas George wrote: > Greg Wooledge (12023-12-15): > > readarray -d '' fndar < <( > > find "$sdir" ... -printf 'stuff\0' | > > sort -z --otherflags > > )
> It is possible to do it safely in bash plus command-line tools, indeed. > But in such a complex case, it is better to use something with a > higher-level interface. I am sure File::Find and Version::Compare can > let Perl do the same thing in a much safer way. Equally safe, perhaps. Not safer. I don't know those particular perl modules -- are they included in a standard Debian system, or does one need to install optional packages? And then there's a learning curve for them as well. By the way, your MUA is adding 10000 years to its datestamps.
