On Mon, Apr 14, 2008, Simon Gao wrote: >Hi, > >I need to work on some files and directories that have spaces in them like: > >interesting story\2008 March\{story one,story two}. > >When using find with -exec, part of the file/directory name will be >missing and therefore lead to error.
Generally it's better to use find and xargs when processing arbitrary lists of files. It can be significantly more efficient than ``exec'ing'' a command for each file when the command can process multiple arguments, and they previde for file names with strange characters using the -print0 option to find, and -0 option to xargs as in: find something -print0 | xargs -0 command Bill -- INTERNET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Bill Campbell; Celestial Software LLC URL: http://www.celestial.com/ PO Box 820; 6641 E. Mercer Way Voice: (206) 236-1676 Mercer Island, WA 98040-0820 Fax: (206) 232-9186 The ultimate result of shielding men from the effects of folly is to fill the world with fools. -- Herbert Spencer (1891) _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"