Re: find question (and xargs)
> find / -size +459976c -noleaf -type f -name '*.deb'|\
> xargs -n 1 dpkg-split -s {} && rm {}
>
> I was thinking that {} would be replaced by the filename but that's
> not the case. Anyone know how to solve this?
Find only replaces "{}" with the filename under "-exec". You have piped
the output of the implicit "-print" command into 'xargs'. You must either
use xargs' substitution method:
find / -size +459976c -noleaf -type f -name '*.deb' |\
xargs -n 1 -i{} dpkg-split -s {} && rm {} # I think...
or change find:
find / -size +459976c -noleaf -type f -name '*.deb' \
-exec dpkg-split -s {} && rm {} \;
Brian
( bcwhite@verisim.com )
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