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# 1  
Old 12-02-2009
find file with space and cksum
find . -type f | xargs cksum

this command is failing for the files which has a space in between them

any quick solution ? preferably one liner
# 2  
Old 12-02-2009
From the man page for GNU find:
Quote:
-print0
True; print the full file name on the standard output, followed by a null character (instead of the newline character that `-print' uses). This allows file names that contain newlines or other types of white space to be correctly interpreted by programs that process the find output. This option corresponds to the `-0' option of xargs.
From the man page for GNU xargs:
Quote:
--null, -0
Input items are terminated by a null character instead of by whitespace, and the quotes and backslash are not special (every character is taken literally). Disables the end of file string, which is treated like any other argument. Useful when input items might contain white space, quote marks, or backslashes. The GNU find -print0 option produces input suitable for this mode.
Combining the two:
Code:
find . -type f | xargs chksum

Or, much much simpler, and works across all platforms:
Code:
find . -type f -exec chksum {} \;

# 3  
Old 12-02-2009
if you insist to use xargs:

Code:
find . -type f | xargs -i cksum "{}"

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