Re: /tmp

On Fri, Jan 28, 2005 at 10:23:27AM -0700, Eric Shubes wrote:
> Thanks for the tips Bill! xargs wasn't in my arsenal, but it is now.

No problem! Glad to help.

I'll also point out the -print0 option to GNU find, corresponding to the
-0 option in GNU xargs. These make it much easier dealing with files
that have spaces (and other such characters special to the shell) in
their names, as (e.g.) files from a Windows system tend to do.

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