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Re: [OCLUG-Tech] Consistency (was Re: is "xargs" really still useful just for limiting command line size?)

  • Subject: Re: [OCLUG-Tech] Consistency (was Re: is "xargs" really still useful just for limiting command line size?)
  • From: Shawn H Corey <shawnhcorey [ at ] gmail [ dot ] com>
  • Date: Fri, 16 Mar 2018 10:50:17 -0400
On Fri, 16 Mar 2018 10:31:33 -0400
Dianne Skoll <dfs [ at ] roaringpenguin [ dot ] com> wrote:

> On Fri, 16 Mar 2018 10:26:36 -0400
> Shawn H Corey <shawnhcorey [ at ] gmail [ dot ] com> wrote:
> 
> > git ls-files -z | xargs -0 grep 'function_name'
> 
> > The -z separates the names with a ASCII NUL and the -0 (minus zero)
> > allows xarg to read them correctly. This is useful if the files have
> > spaces in their names.
> 
> Thank you, Git developers. :(
> 
> "find" uses -print0.  "xargs" uses -0.  So of *course* git-ls-files
> uses -z.  (And -0 isn't already being used for something else.)
> 
> Gaaaah.


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