[CentOS] OT -- BASH

William L. Maltby BillsCentOS at triad.rr.com
Thu Jun 22 12:50:01 UTC 2006


On Thu, 2006-06-22 at 05:40 -0700, Paul Heinlein wrote:
> On Thu, 22 Jun 2006, James Pearson wrote:
> 
> > Robert wrote:
> >><snip>

> The -print0 command is typically used when find is passing filenames 
> with spaces or other characters that require a shell escape.
> 
> If the filenames are all shell-safe, then -print0 is unnecessary. If 
> there's a chance that even one name contains a space, however, then 
> -print0 is your friend.

And, as a reminder for the OP, if none of the file names are being seen
by the shell, as is the case for this problem, there is no concern at
all.

> <snip sig stuff>

-- 
Bill
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