[SunHELP] what does {} \ mean?

[DAUBIGNE Sebastien - BOR]

Note that  :

find  .......   | xargs   <cmd>

is much faster than=20

find  ......  -exec   <cmd>

With the second one, you fork one <cmd> process per file.
With the first one, you fork only one <cmd> process per about 20 files.


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Sebastien DAUBIGNE=20
sebastien.daubigne at sema.fr - 05.57.26.56.36
Sema Global Services - AFM/DW/Pessac


	-----Message d'origine-----
	De:	Meng, Andrew [SMTP:Andrew.Meng at capitalone.com]
	Date:	vendredi 6 juillet 2001 20:46
	=C0:	'sunhelp at sunhelp.org'
	Objet:	[SunHELP] what does {} \ mean?

	hello,

	Can anyone explain to me what { } \  means in find . -user root
-perm -4000
	-exec ls -ldb {} \.

	Thanks!

	Andrew
	=20
=09
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