Andreas wrote:
> Harlan Stenn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> >> Bob Proulx wrote:
> >> find . -type f -exec touch --reference . {} +
> >
> > I thought xargs was *significantly* faster than exec.
>
> Note the trailing '+'. This makes it essentially equivalent to the
> above use with xargs, and even faster than that.
Cool - I missed that. How far back is that available? I still get to
deal with some fairly ancient installations...
> > And I haven't looked to see if '-exec ... {}' is "safe" for filename
> > characters the same way -print0 ... is.
>
> There is no shell involved in -exec, so it is safe for every filename.
great - thanks!
H
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