I'd just like to offer one small improvement that will speed it up by a factor of, oh, a magnitude or so: find . -exec blah blah \; # 1. is quite different from: find . -print | xargs blah blah # 2. In case 1. you are forking a seperate process for each file that matches. In case 2. you are forking one process for as many files as you can fit on a command line. Get it? So change the cat_and_rm function to process a list and run the find pipe to xargs. -- PLEASE read the Red Hat FAQ, Tips, Errata and the MAILING LIST ARCHIVES! http://www.redhat.com/RedHat-FAQ /RedHat-Errata /RedHat-Tips /mailing-lists To unsubscribe: mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe" as the Subject.
