Re: [Evolution] exec command

["Patrick O'Callaghan" <poc usb ve>]

On Thu, 2004-03-04 at 15:25, Jeffrey Stedfast wrote:
> I use the following command:
>
> find evolution -name "mbox.*" -exec rm -f {} \;

That's the canonical way, but it's more efficient to do:

        find evolution -name "mbox." | xargs /bin/rm

You get a lot fewer execs, not to mention eliminating
the wierd {} \; command-line escapes :-)

poc