> xargs is very ugly. I want to rm 12*. Just plain "rm 12*". *Not* "find
> . -name "12*" | xargs rm, which has terrible issues with files names
>
> "xyzzy"
> "bla"
> "xyzzy bla"
> "12 xyzzy bla"
These you work around using the smarter, \0 terminated, version:
find . -name "12*" -print0 | xargs -0 rm
"This version would also deal with
this filename ;)"
Oystein
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