Not necessarily a *single* string

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Post #262,186

7/19/06 2:22:34 PM

xargs will break up long lists so that you fit inside the limits for the length of a command line.

Cheers,
Ben

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Quick bash script help needed - (inthane-chan) - (12) - July 18, 2006, 06:56:05 PM EDT

find . -type f -exec chmod 774 '{}' #untested -NT - (ben_tilly) - (11) - July 18, 2006, 07:23:06 PM EDT

find . -type f -print | xargs chmod 774 #untested/same thing -NT - (Yendor) - (9) - July 18, 2006, 10:13:30 PM EDT

Mine is safer (newlines in filenames) -NT - (ben_tilly) - (8) - July 19, 2006, 12:33:25 AM EDT

Mine is bigger - (Yendor) - (7) - July 19, 2006, 08:48:28 AM EDT

Who uses a newline in a filename? - (ben_tilly) - (6) - July 19, 2006, 01:24:20 PM EDT

Why? - (drewk) - (5) - July 19, 2006, 01:38:24 PM EDT

'find' starts a process for each iteration of exec - (admin) - (4) - July 19, 2006, 01:59:11 PM EDT

I don't follow - (drewk) - (3) - July 19, 2006, 02:10:48 PM EDT

Exact opposite. - (admin) - (2) - July 19, 2006, 02:18:33 PM EDT

Not necessarily a *single* string - (ben_tilly) - July 19, 2006, 02:22:34 PM EDT

Okay, makes sense - (drewk) - July 19, 2006, 02:25:44 PM EDT

Thanks. - (inthane-chan) - July 19, 2006, 03:07:29 PM EDT

How?
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