On Sat, Oct 19, 2013 at 05:00:44AM +0400, Alexander S. wrote:
> 4) we need some standard way to separate file names in a stream.
> Basically, ^_AT_ is our only refuge, because path can contain any other
> character. But maybe newline is good enough?
Why not just play it safe? Would it really add any noticeable
complexity, even if just an option?
> Not once nor twice had I written the glorious "tr '\n' '\0' | xargs -0"
> to turn it off).
Which does nothing for safety. `xargs -d '\n'` would have been just as
good.
> ptree -maxdepth 2 | ftest "( perm 111 || newer ./reference ) && user root" | xargs rm
The Solaris and SunOS users *might* not like you for that choice of name
(“ptree”), but who cares? It's inconsequential.
Regards,
Alex Pilon
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