Re: Re: skinning a cat

Colin Guthrie wrote: > Jochem Maas wrote: >> either way, I've just learn't something new as far as shellscripting >> goes :-) >> apart from the xargs command ... that still does my head in (don't >> worry I'll look it up ... for the umpteenth time). >>> >>> find $lockfile -cmin +60 | xargs rm > > FWIW, it's nicer to do: > $ find $lockfine -cmin +60 -exec rm {} \; > > > This method handles files with spaces in them, where are the xargs > method does not (not that it matters in this case). That could also be taken care of by: find $lockfile -cmin +60 -print0 | xargs -0 rm IMO, the syntax of the -exec argument is too cumbersome. /Per Jessen, Zürich