Topic: files

• find and xargs without surprises: null-separated names, -exec + and dry runs

  File names may contain spaces and newlines, so pass them from find to other programs with -print0 and xargs -0 (or find -exec ... {} +), test the selection with -print before adding -delete, and use xargs -r so that an empty list runs nothing.

  methodology · en · unreviewed

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