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From: Etaoin Shrdlu <shrdlu@×××××××××××××.org>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Finding orphaned libs
Date: Tue, 09 Jun 2009 15:05:43
Message-Id: 200906091721.32939.shrdlu@unlimitedmail.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Finding orphaned libs by Neil Bothwick
1 On Tuesday 9 June 2009, 16:52, Neil Bothwick wrote:
2 > On Tue, 9 Jun 2009 09:42:34 -0500, Paul Hartman wrote:
3 > > -exec command {} +
4 > > This variant of the -exec action runs the specified command on the
5 > > selected files, but the command line is built by appending each
6 > > selected file name at the end; the total number of invocations of
7 > > the command will be much less than the number of matched files. The
8 > > command line is built in much the same way that xargs builds its
9 > > command lines. Only one instance of `{}' is allowed within the
10 > > command. The command is executed in the starting directory.
11 >
12 > How does this handle quoted filenames?
13 >
14 > Does -exec command "{}" +
15 >
16 > do
17 >
18 > command "file 1 file 2 file 3"
19 >
20 > or
21 >
22 > command "file 1" "file 2" "file 3"
23
24 The latter.

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Re: [gentoo-user] Finding orphaned libs Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk>