Exact opposite.

Post #262,183 by admin 7/19/06 2:18:33 PM Reply	Exact opposite. find -exec chmod calls 'chmod somefile' for each file it finds. It has to, because it can't know how that particular executable works. In order to keep one around and use it, some sort of piping would be necessary. find \| xargs chmod will instead gather up all the file names, turn them into a single string via xargs, then pass that string as args to chmod. Run 'find . -type f \| xargs' sometime to see what it does. Regards, -scott anderson "Welcome to Rivendell, Mr. Anderson..."
Post #262,186 by ben_tilly 7/19/06 2:22:34 PM Reply	Not necessarily a single string xargs will break up long lists so that you fit inside the limits for the length of a command line. Cheers, Ben a very rich person should leave his kids enough to do anything but not enough to do nothing. -- Warren Buffett
Post #262,187 by drewk 7/19/06 2:25:44 PM Reply	Okay, makes sense In my limited use of scripting, I must have gotten lucky in that I found piping more clear conceptually than calling `-exec` or other optional parameters on various commands. === Purveyor of Doc Hope's [link\|http://DocHope.com\|fresh-baked dog biscuits and pet treats]. [link\|http://DocHope.com\|http://DocHope.com]

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