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On 5/9/25 1:06 AM, Marc Haber wrote:
> not@telling.you.invalid (Computer Nerd Kev) wrote:
>> No, the GNU Find man page says:
>> "-print0, -fprint0
>> Always print the exact filename, unchanged, even if the output is
>> going to a terminal."
>>
>> Which is the same as the default -print if the output isn't to a
>> terminal, except -print0 uses null instead of newline to separate
>> filenames because they're a particular problem. Other special
>> characters aren't as problematic.
> 
> The shell tokenizes at whitespace, and a newline is often treated as
> whitespace. -print0 is the canonical protection that makes your script
> handle spaces in newlines correctly, and THOSE are rather common in
> file names. Look in your music directory for examples.
> 
> You've gotten yourself into something in this discussion. Better take
> a step back to stop embarrassing yourself.

   Just a meta-comment .... the length and strength of
   this thread really makes it clear how BAD fundamental
   things like file/dir names and such have been allowed
   to become. Someone up in the aether wasn't paying
   attention. More "Oh THAT sounds cool and nice - the
   complete text of War And Peace as a file name ..."