On Sun, 2008-11-02 at 00:01 +0530, Vimal wrote:
> > Actually, it's more like
> >
> > while stdin not empty:
> > args_list = []
> > while arg_list < maximum length:
> > push a line from stdin into arg_list
> > invoke program with arg_list
>
> Ah, thanks for clearing few things! :-) Is this why xargs is more efficient?
Yes, avoids calling fork() so much.
> For others who might be reading this, find also has a similar option.
> From it's manpage:
>
> -exec utility [argument ...] {} +
> Same as -exec, except that ``{}'' is replaced with as many pathnames as
> possible for each invocation of utility. This behaviour is similar to
> that of xargs(1).
Good to know.
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