Re: [dev] Why not use the -exec feature of find?

[Greg Reagle]

On Tue, Jun 22, 2021, at 09:59, Sean MacLennan wrote:
> The -exec flag spawns a new process for every file match.

Even when you use multiple arguments per command as with
    -exec '{}' +
?  It is still spawning a new process for every file match?

> This can be
> slow if you have a lot of files.

That makes sense.

> From the command line I use -exec all the time and just don't worry
> about it.

Thank you!