Thank guys. I patched this server and it fix the issue. On Thu, Jun 3, 2010 at 10:19 PM, Cameron Simpson <cs@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On 02Jun2010 09:19, cliff here <c4ifford@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > | basically it takes stdout and you pipe to stdin ... but it basically handles > | each argument one at a time instead of in a batch. > | > | find /tmp -name core -type f -print | xargs /bin/rm -f > > The OP was wanting: > > mv files... target-dir > > xargs puts the filenames at the _end_ of the command line, and thus > doesn't play nice. We can leave aside the horrible quoting problems it > has, since he can get away with find's -print0 predicate and xargs' -0 > option. > > Probably the easiest fix is a small wrapper script for mv which mangles > the line to work around xargs, eg a script called "move-to.sh" thus: > > #!/bin/sh > target=$1 > shift > exec mv -- ${1+"$@"} "$target/." > > and then call: > > find . -type f -print0 | xargs -0 sh move-to.sh the-target-dir > > and he would be away. Unless he has a directory tree structure to > preserve, in which case more work is needed. > > And BTW, try to lose the horrible habit of using the -f option to rm; it > is usually not needed. I know that many distros ship with "rm" aliases > to "rm -i", which teaches people to reach automatically for -f to avoid > much pain, but it is better to get rid of the alias, not to turn off all > the sanity checks by habit. (And in a script the aliases are not in > play, so you don't need -f there unless you really do not want to notice > when you issue lots of totally bogus rm commands.) > > Cheers, > -- > Cameron Simpson <cs@xxxxxxxxxx> DoD#743 > http://www.cskk.ezoshosting.com/cs/ > > The ZZR-1100 is not the bike for me, but the day they invent "nerf" roads > and ban radars I'll be the first in line......AMCN > > -- > redhat-list mailing list > unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > -- Regards. Sanjay Chakraborty -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list