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Date:      Mon, 23 Sep 2002 22:19:26 -0400 (EDT)
From:      Peter Leftwich <Hostmaster@Video2Video.Com>
To:        Roman Neuhauser <neuhauser@bellavista.cz>
Cc:        Oliver Fromme <olli@secnetix.de>, FreeBSD LIST <FreeBSD-Questions@FreeBSD.Org>
Subject:   Re: find case-insensitive challenge
Message-ID:  <20020923221802.I20965-100000@earl-grey.cloud9.net>
In-Reply-To: <20020923082704.GR30361@freepuppy.bellavista.cz>

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On Mon, 23 Sep 2002, Roman Neuhauser wrote:
>     you can save the grep with
>         % find foo -type f -iname '*.jpg' | xargs ...
>     but i think someone already posted this

I realized another question - in my five or so years of using the find
command, I have never until now used the "-type f" flag to find.  Is it
really that important or will directories possibly get acted upon badly?

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Peter Leftwich
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