> On Tue, 28 Sep 2004, Kenn Humborg wrote:
>> > find . -name \*.scf -o -name \*.ab1 | xargs cp --target ./final_folder
> >
> > cp's --target-directory option was added to make it xargs-friendly.
>> why not:
>> find . \(-name '*.scf' -o name '*.ab1'\) -a -exec cp {} <final dir>\;
>> ?
>> I'm sure xargs is great and all that, but what's the point of it
> exactly when ye good olde POSIX find has -exec? ;)
Because -exec does one run of cp for each file. xargs packs
as many files as possible into each run of cp. It's faster in
general. With a small number is not a problem. But if he's
already hitting a max-argument-list size, chances are there would
be a noticable difference.
Later,
Kenn
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