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From: Borax Man <rotflol2@hotmail.com>
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Subject: Re: Files tree
Date: Sat, 13 Apr 2024 10:41:40 +1000
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On Sat, 13 Apr 2024 00:23:31 -0000 (UTC)
Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> wrote:

> On Fri, 12 Apr 2024 15:29:02 -0000 (UTC), Borax Man wrote:
>=20
> > One thing, find has a "printf" option, where you can format the output.=
=20
> > you can remove the need for "tr" by using this instead of "-print0". =20
>=20
> -print0 can handle arbitrary filenames. Even the find(1) man page, in the=
=20
> section =E2=80=9CUNUSUAL FILENAMES=E2=80=9D, says
>=20
>     If you are able to decide what format to use for the output of
>     find then it is normally better to use `\0' as a terminator than
>     to use newline, as file names can contain white space and newline
>     characters.
>=20
> And that is what -print0 does.

Good point, though I think newlines in a filename are an abomination.