Tzafrir Cohen <tzaf...@cohens.org.il> wrote: > At this point I wanted to write "well, one thing you you can optimize > away is the sorting of the 4M files that find does. To disable it, use -". > But I could not find such an option.
That's because find doesn't sort. It generates the files in directory entry order. Proof: mkdir /tmp/t cd /tmp/t touch a touch d touch c touch b find . -print I'll leave it to you to discover why the files aren't (necessarily) printed in the order they were created. Chris -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org