Am 24.02.2011 09:03, schrieb Corey Quinn: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > > On Feb 23, 2011, at 10:26 PM, John R. Dennison wrote: > >> On Thu, Feb 24, 2011 at 01:22:41AM -0500, Kwan Lowe wrote: >>> Instead of piping to xargs, try: >>> find . -type f -mtime +15 -exec ls {} \; >> >> Or get rid of child processes entirely: >> >> find . -type f -mtime +15 -ls > > Or don't depend on ls for such applications. Use stat or echo instead. Why? And if you give good advice, why is the OP seeing the problem? Rainer