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Re: rm -r

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From: mason@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Geoff Wing)
To: zsh-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: rm -r
Date: 23 Dec 1999 00:15:58 GMT
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References: Thomas Köhler's message of "Wed, 22 Dec 1999 10:58:57 +0100" <7dhfhbt8zt.fsf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Reply-to: mason@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Alexandre Duret-Lutz <alexandre.duret@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> typed:
:Since `echo' is builtin (therefore not exec'ed), you may want to do
:echo PATTERN | xargs COMMAND

I hope everyone is aware of the whitespace in name problem with above.
Note also that ``print'' is also a builtin, and if your ``xargs'' has a
``-0'' flag or similar (separate on NUL '\0' instead of whitespace)
then you should be using

% print -N PATTERN | xargs -0 COMMAND

:when `COMMAND PATTERN' don't work.
:[...]

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References:
- Re: rm -r
  - From: Alexandre Duret-Lutz

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