--- Kaushal Shriyan <kaushalshriyan@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On 7/5/06, Joachim Backes <joachim.backes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi Joachim Backes > > I get > > [root@bdc root]# find | xargs ls -l > xargs: unmatched single quote > [root@bdc root]# "xargs" is problematic when used with "find". Basically xargs is taking raw output and placing it at the end of the command line you're piping to. So if you have filenames that have characters which need to be escaped, the shell doesn't handle it too well. Also, if you're going to do a recursive list using "find", "xargs", and "ls" you're much better off using find | xargs ls -ld Without that, you'll get lots of duplicate file listings. I have used "find" extensively over the years. I highly recommend learning it. === Al
