<quote who="david"> > > > ls | while read file; do > > > > ls? Madness. Use find(1). :-) > > Why? does that overcome the bash size limitation?
Sure. Whether you use "find -exec" (bleah) or "find | while read" or "find | xargs", you won't have any problems with bash size limitations. - Jeff -- Open CeBIT 2007: Sydney, Australia http://www.opencebit.com.au/ "There's always a new bogeyman - every two months, there's a new axe to add to the axis of evil." - Michael Moore -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
