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Looking for a quick script solution



On Jun 26, 2009, at 1:43 AM, Tom Metro wrote:
> I've noticed that newer versions of find actually support an extension
> to -exec that emulates xargs (from the GNU find version 4.2.32 man  
> page;
> note the trailing "+"):

FreeBSD 7's (I think) find also includes this feature.

As a rule I try to avoid using non-standard, dare I say proprietary,  
extensions to tools I frequently use.  They aren't portable across  
different operating systems.

--Rich P.







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