[lug] A Windows user's view of linux

[David Morris]

On Tue, Aug 5, 2008 at 2:05 PM, Jeffrey Haemer <jeffrey.haemer at gmail.com> wrote:
> For me, this:
>
>   find . -type f | xargs file
>
> (and the like) is easier to type, and remember how to type, than this:
>
>   find . -type f -exec file '{}' \;
>
> so I switched long ago.
>
> (I post this only because I keep running into folks who've never heard of
> xargs.  YMMV.)

Curious.  At one time I did the exact opposite change for the exact same reason.

--David