At 02:53 PM 2/15/2011 +0000, RW wrote: >On Tue, 15 Feb 2011 12:57:12 +0300 >Peter Andreev <andreev.pe...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Use of "xargs" on many files will be much faster than "find...exec" >> construction > >This is a surprisingly common myth. exec can pass single or multiple >arguments according to whether you use ";" or "+" >> >> find / -type f -name copyright.htm | xargs sed -i .bak -e >> 's/2010/2011/g' > >This is much less safe on FreeBSD than it is with the GNU versions >because print0 is required for paths with spaces. > >find ... -print0 | xargs -0 ... > >
Forgot to mention: if the string to replace on the text line of the files includes a connecting dash, like 1988-2010, I suppose rather than using just the "2010/2011" perhaps should be "1988-2010/1988-2011" Jack (^_^) Happy trails, Jack L. Stone System Admin Sage-american _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
