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Re: How to handle whitespace in filenames ???



Michael D Schleif <mds@helices.org> writes:
MDS> More and more, *nix developers are following the dark path of using
MDS> whitespace in directory and filenames -- something which I've always
MDS> detested, from an sa standpoint ;<
MDS> 
MDS> For example, on my upgraded potato box I may want to do something this
MDS> simple:
MDS> 
MDS> 	grep pump `find /etc/ -type f`

find /etc -type f -print0 | xargs -0 grep pump

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David Maze         dmaze@debian.org      http://people.debian.org/~dmaze/
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