On Tue, 12 Feb 2008 09:06:57 -0700, Steve Comstock wrote: > > find . -name 'string' -exec grep -i fa {} \; > >or > > grep -i fa $(find . -name 'in*') > >... > >generally the second is faster. > Yes, but it will likewise fail on the OP's ARG_MAX problem. Also will fail if any of the filenames contain metacharacters. One wishes for the GNU find's -print0 option coupled with their xargs's -0 option.
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