On Fri, Jan 22, 2010 at 5:29 PM, Rudolf Sykora <rudolf.syk...@gmail.com>wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I've been wondering.
> The plan9 'replacement' for the (linux/unix-like) find command, according
> to the faq, is, in a way,
>
> grep foo `{du -a . | awk '{print $2}'}
>
> Now I want to find all files containing foo.
> Is it so that `{ ... } produces the full list first and only afterwards
> this is used?
> If so (and as I understand it really is so), the number of arguments may be
> enormous, e.g. millions of names...
> I don't feel this is the way to go...
>
> How do you carry out such a search?
>
> Thanks
> Ruda
>
>
Have you come across a situation where it doesn't work or it's too slow for
your needs?
Robby
