On Thu, 30 Jul 2015 09:43:52 -0700 "Snyder, Alexander" wrote: > Yes! I love xargs, because of its power, but prefer -exec because > xargs seems to freak out with blank spaces. I'll read today! Thanks Alexander! I added some content on how to get xargs to better handle spaces and punctuation (-0 and -d"\n" for instance). And I added a section about the document's scope basically explaining that find | xargs is an academic example, and that if all you're using is find and xargs, you're better off doing just what you say above: Just using find -exec. The changes have been added to http://www.troubleshooters.com/linux/xargs.htm Thanks for your help. SteveT Steve Litt July 2015 featured book: Rapid Learning for the 21st Century http://www.troubleshooters.com/rl21 --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss