On Mon, Dec 10, 2007 at 11:23:17PM +0200, Razvan RACASANU wrote: > Thanks for your answers, but I still have a question about this. > > So, if I understand correctly, -print0 is considered as just another > test (just like -iname) that is evaluated for each file according to > operator precedence. In this case, since -print0 always returns true, > shouldn't the following commands be equivalent: > > find . -type f -and -print0 -and \( -iname '*.html' -or -iname > '*.js' \) | xargs -0 > and > find . -type f -and \( -iname '*.html' -or -iname '*.js' \) -and > -print0 | xargs -0 > No, because tests are evaluated in order: 1. Is type f? yes. print0? yes (always yes). ... 2. Is type f? yes. ends with html or js? yes. print0? yes. -- lfr 0/0
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