On Thursday 25 July 2002 01:26, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hello,..... > > On Wed, 24 Jul 2002, James Mohr wrote: > > On Wednesday 24 July 2002 09:07, Mike Castle wrote: > > > In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, > > > > > > James Mohr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >You need to tell -exec which file to process. This is done with curly > > > > braces: > > > > > > > >find /mnt/c/ -name *.snm -exec ls {} \; > > > > > > > >However, without the -exec, your command will simply list the files > > > > anyway. I am assuming that this is just an example, and you would > > > > want to do more than just list the file name. You could exand this > > > > concept and use the curly > > > > > > Also, you should realize that for each file processed, there is the > > > overhead of fork()/exec() calls. > > > > > > You would probably find something like: > > > > > > find /mnt/c -name '*.snm' | xargs -r ls -l > > Why preform an extra call to `xargs' if you can use the `-printf format' > or `-ls' option with `find'? e.g > (find /mnt/c -name -regex ".*\.snm" -ls), > (find /mnt/c -name -regex ".*\.snm" -printf "%f %b\n")
You wouldn't. At least I wouldn't. As I said in my original answer: "I am assuming that this is just an example, and you would want to do more than just list the file name." I was simply trying to answer the question why the command was not working as expected and provide additional information on the use of find -exec. Mike was trying to explain why the find -exec is not always the best solution. I don't think either of us would use either of these just to list the file names. Actually, I often use ls -lR or just ls -R and pipe to grep looking for files. I don't think either way is intrinsically "better" (at least not in an absolute sense). Regards, jimmo -- --------------------------------------- "Be more concerned with your character than with your reputation. Your character is what you really are while your reputation is merely what others thing you are." -- John Wooden --------------------------------------- Be sure to visit the Linux Tutorial: http://www.linux-tutorial.info --------------------------------------- NOTE: All messages sent to me in response to my posts to newsgroups or forums are subject to reposting. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-newbie" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.linux-learn.org/faqs
