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Date: Tue, 1 Jul 2014 11:37:15 +0700
From: Victor Sudakov <vas@mpeks.tomsk.su>
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Subject: Re: long string using find and "-exec ls -ls" to find part-of filename
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Polytropon wrote:
> Allow me to add one little reminder:
> 
> When using xargs, usually _one_ program will be executed
> with a command line containing _all_ results of the find
> command. If you want to run a program on _each_ of the
> results, this is the typical sh solution:
> 
> 	find ... | while read F; do
> 		somecommand $F
> 	done

It's easier to use "xargs -n1" which I do all the time.


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