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# 8  
Old 11-21-2011
Quote:
Originally Posted by radoulov
I'm not able to get it work that way when -exec is present ..., I might be missing something, of course.
I see what you mean. ls or whatever gets sigpipe, not find!
# 9  
Old 11-21-2011
This is what I mean:

1. This is OK (no -exec ...):

Code:
bash-2.03$ time { find / -type f | head -1 ;} 2>/dev/null
/var/sadm/install/admin/default

real    0m0.019s
user    0m0.000s
sys     0m0.010s

2. These don't seem to work like that:

Code:
bash-2.03$ time { find / -type f -exec grep -l log {} +| head -1 ;} 2>/dev/null
^C

real    0m5.290s
user    0m0.030s
sys     0m0.160s
bash-2.03$ time { find / -type f -exec grep -l log {} \;| head -1 ;} 2>/dev/null
/var/sadm/install/logs/Additional_Software_install.A01030304
^C

real    0m6.936s
user    0m1.630s
sys     0m3.620s

3. As I said, with xargs it's OK:

Code:
bash-2.03$ time { find / -type f | xargs -l grep -l log | head -1 ;} 2>/dev/null
/var/sadm/install/logs/Additional_Software_install.A01030304

real    0m0.027s
user    0m0.020s
sys     0m0.030s

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# 10  
Old 11-21-2011
Quote:
Originally Posted by Corona688
I see what you mean. ls or whatever gets sigpipe, not find!
Yes, exactly.
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