Re: Could ARG_MAX be increased?

From: Daniel O'Connor <doconnor_at_gsoft.com.au>
Date: Fri, 24 Sep 2004 23:15:23 +0930
On Fri, 24 Sep 2004 04:16, Giorgos Keramidas wrote:
>  find . -type f | \
>  while read line ;do
>   # Do something with $line
>  done
>
> This and xargs -0 for the cases where filenames can contain whitespace
> works like a charm anywhere, anytime...

It's only a pitty that you can have newlines in filenames :)
(Rare though)

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