Re: general linux questions

[robert_wilhelm_land <robert_wilhelm_land@csi.com>]

will trillich wrote:
> i keep forgetting about xargs. very clever gizmo!
> 
> to sort the output by date, it's rather simple:
> 
>     locate <path-match-string> | xargs ls -dlt
> 
> the -d is so directoriy contents wouldn't be listed, only the directory
> item itself; -l says 'gimme a long listing' and -t says 'sort by modified
> time'...


I'm so unsure about the xargs and the exec command. Which one is
prefered, in which cases should I use one of the two?

Thanks for the command string!


Robert