Re: changing permissions of files in directories
On Wed, Oct 08, 2003 at 09:42:55PM +1000, Cameron Hutchison wrote:
> Once upon a time Colin Watson said...
> > The downside is that you can only use xargs this way for programs that
> > let you specify an arbitrary number of filenames lasting up to the end
> > of the command line.
>
> xargs -n 1 <command>
>
> will limit xargs to running the command with 1 argument
Sure, but in the case given you might as well use find -exec then.
Cheers,
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Colin Watson [cjwatson@flatline.org.uk]
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