Re^2: recursive dir and file

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-exec should be avoided. It spawns one process per matched file. In almost every case, you want find -print0 | xargs -r0 instead, which will spawn only one process for as many files as will fit on its command line – usually, that means just one process.

find /cdw/home_dir/s006258/CSPAM -name '*.sas' -print0 | xargs -r0 chm
+od 644
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Makeshifts last the longest.

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Re^3: recursive dir and file by blazar (Canon) on Nov 14, 2005 at 09:28 UTC
But also take into account the last paragraph of this post, although eyepopslikeamosquito's reply informs us that it is a recent addition...	[reply]
Re^4: recursive dir and file by Aristotle (Chancellor) on Nov 14, 2005 at 09:35 UTC
Not only is it recent, it’s GNU `find` only. `find -print0 \| xargs -r0` works on any remotely recent Unixoid system. Makeshifts last the longest.	[reply]

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