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Note also the use of -print0 and -0, that eliminates problems with filenames containing whitespace.
I think that those are Linux-only features as well. I sure like them when I can use them, though. :)

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Re^6: UNIX command - remove 0 byte file
by Anonymous Monk on Sep 23, 2005 at 13:46 UTC
    Actually, they are not Linux-only feature. At worst, they are GNU-only features, and the GNU file/shell utilities happely run on all commonly used Unix platforms. And they work on Windows as well.
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      You're right, of course. However, often you won't get GNU utils on a system where the vendor packaged versions of those same utils work just fine.

      thor

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        So, install it? One installs Perl modules as well. I've set up, and encountered on other peoples boxes a /usr/local/gnu (or something similar) many times. Because you want that GNU extension often enough to have the commonly used tools always available.
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