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Subject: Re: find . -regex '.*js' -type f -exec md5sum '{}' \\; really slow!
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On Mon, Nov 24, 2008 at 11:09 AM, Bartolomeo Nicolotti wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> but the command
>
> find . -type f  | xargs md5sum
>
> has problems with blanks in the name of the files:

This isn't a general help list for UNIX tools; they work the same on
Cygwin as on UNIX.  I recommend you search for tutorials online;
http://www.softpanorama.org/Tools/Find/find_mini_tutorial.shtml looks
like it might be helpful for find.

The solution to your problem is the -print0 option to find, coupled
with the -0 option to xargs.

find . -type f -print0 | xargs -0 md5sum

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