[BusyBox] Find doesn't have "-exec", xargs doesn't have "-i"

[David Morel]

Le jeu 21/10/2004 à 03:42, responder a écrit :
> I think we can use " to avoid the space problem.
> -> for i in `find / -follow -name filename.xxx`; do cp "$i" /tmp; done
> Use "$i" instead $i.
> It should work.  :)
> 
> But about long lists, it seems unavoidable for this command. :(

Correct me if i'm wrong, but the space problem happens in the loop, not
really in the cp command.
Moreover, I don't think opening a pipe would eat up as much memory as a
'for i in; do whatever; done construct'.
I vote for the pipe!
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