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Re:Parallel processing with Unix tools by kwhitefoot on Sunday September 24, 2017 @03:31AM (#15323734)
You don't always have the luxury of choosing the names that the files have.
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Re:Parallel processing with Unix tools by enriquto on Sunday September 24, 2017 @04:11AM (#15323839)
I actually do.

In the rare cases where I have to work with odd filenames, it is easier to rename those files than to change my clean scripts.

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Re:Parallel processing with Unix tools by SamJson on Sunday September 24, 2017 @06:56AM (#15324251)
Ahh, I see a sysadmin with users! :)
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Re:Parallel processing with Unix tools by kwhitefoot on Monday September 25, 2017 @06:57AM (#15329400)
Well, ex-sysadmin for many years now. But yes, real world and all that.
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