Harlan Stenn <stenn@xxxxxxx> writes:
> Bob,
>
>> Bob Proulx wrote:
>> > find . -type f -print0 | xargs -r0 touch --reference .
>> > make clean
>> > make
>>
>> That was cut from an old saved message. I will update it to the
>> current find use avoiding the -print0 and say that I should have said
>> this instead:
>>
>> find . -type f -exec touch --reference . {} +
>
> I thought xargs was *significantly* faster than exec.
Note the trailing '+'. This makes it essentially equivalent to the
above use with xargs, and even faster than that.
> And I haven't looked to see if '-exec ... {}' is "safe" for filename
> characters the same way -print0 ... is.
There is no shell involved in -exec, so it is safe for every filename.
Andreas.
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