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Re:Bashing the Bash – Replacing Shell Scripts with Python (2... by Arnavion on Saturday March 26, 2022 @02:57PM (#30814326)
`-exec` would run the command for each file separately, which isn't what the original problem wanted, and I didn't want to assume that it would be equivalent.
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Re:Bashing the Bash – Replacing Shell Scripts with Python (2... by Izkata on Saturday March 26, 2022 @03:30PM (#30814626)
It runs them separately if you end the exec with ";", it appends as many as possible to the same command if you end it with "+"
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Re:Bashing the Bash – Replacing Shell Scripts with Python (2... by Arnavion on Saturday March 26, 2022 @04:18PM (#30815008)
Ah yes, I always forget about that.
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