Re: find(1) manpage caveats section

2011-02-09 Thread Ingo Schwarze
Hi Otto, Otto Moerbeek wrote on Wed, Feb 09, 2011 at 09:43:54AM +0100: > On Wed, Feb 09, 2011 at 12:25:09AM -0700, Clint Pachl wrote: >> In the caveats section it states the following: >> >> >> Passing the output of find to other programs requires some care: >> >>$ find . -na

Re: find(1) manpage caveats section

2011-02-09 Thread Clint Pachl
Subtle; and what a caveat it is. Thanks Paul and Otto for setting me straight. Paul de Weerd wrote: On Wed, Feb 09, 2011 at 12:25:09AM -0700, Clint Pachl wrote: | In the caveats section it states the following: | | | Passing the output of find to other programs requires some care: | |

Re: find(1) manpage caveats section

2011-02-09 Thread Otto Moerbeek
On Wed, Feb 09, 2011 at 12:25:09AM -0700, Clint Pachl wrote: > In the caveats section it states the following: > > > Passing the output of find to other programs requires some care: > >$ find . -name \*.jpg | xargs rm > or >$ rm `find . -name \*.jpg` > >

Re: find(1) manpage caveats section

2011-02-08 Thread Paul de Weerd
On Wed, Feb 09, 2011 at 12:25:09AM -0700, Clint Pachl wrote: | In the caveats section it states the following: | | | Passing the output of find to other programs requires some care: | |$ find . -name \*.jpg | xargs rm | or |$ rm `find . -name \*.jpg` | | w