>On Thu, 7 Dec 2000, Vidiot wrote:
>
>> >You can find and delete at the same time using
>> >
>> >find /tmp -mtime +15 -print | xargs rm
>> >
>> >Tom Churchward
>>
>> No need to pipe into anything, because find can run commands using exec:
>>
>> find /tmp -mtime +15 -print -exec rm {} \;
>>
>> MB
>>
>
>The xargs method is much more efficient, as rm is run with as many
>arguments as it can handle on the command line. The exec method spawns one
>instance of rm for EACH file found. In the case of 10 files, no biggie. In
>the base of 1000, you'll notice the difference.
>
>Bill Carlson
When you do it in the middle of the night using cron, who cares :-)
MB
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