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Re: bug in FIND: argument list too damn long using -exec chmod 440 {} +
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James Youngman |
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Re: bug in FIND: argument list too damn long using -exec chmod 440 {} + |
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Tue, 28 Mar 2006 10:46:52 +0100 |
On 3/28/06, Bob Proulx <address@hidden> wrote:
> Subject: bug in FIND: argument list too damn long using -exec chmod 440 {} +
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> But that should not suffer from an argument list too long problem.
> The command is being executed one at a time for every matching file.
No, the "+" suffix makes find replace the {} with a number of
filenames. It's a POSIX thingm and a relatively new feature for
findutils.
James.