06-06-2005
Difference between xargs and exec
Hi,
I have tried both the options in small dummy scripts, but somehow i can't differentiate between the two.
find . -name H* -exec ls -l {} \;
find . -name H* | xargs ls -l
Both work the ditto way.
Any help is appreciated.
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