[clug] kernel options

Daniel cottmain at plug.linux.org.au
Fri Aug 8 15:38:02 EST 2003


On Wed, 2003-08-06 at 09:47, Martijn van Oosterhout wrote:
...
> When you run into problems with lots of files and the normal command-line
> stuff fails, it's time to start to learn about find and xargs. Find can
> produce lists of files matching criteria (eg dates) and xargs will break
> the list into chunks that other programs can havdle.
> 
> Hope this helps,
> -- 
> Martijn van Oosterhout

Thanks to all of you for your help ... it'll keep me busy experimenting
for ages.  Much appreciated.

Daniel.




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