[Discuss] Multiple HDD setup in Linux

[Alan W. Irwin]

On 2008-05-10 09:13-0700 Steven Kurylo wrote:

> find . -type f -print0 | xargs --null md5sum > md5sum.out

Thanks, Steven, for pointing out those -print0 and --null options which were
complete news to me (but which are well-documented in the respective man
pages as a way to deal with unusual filenames).  It's amazing how there is
always something new to learn about the great power of the GNU command-line
tools compared to the corresponding run-of-the-mill Unix command-line tools.

I also have to admit I over-simplified things for Stan to get the overview
across, and in the past I have been forced to use similar filename filtering
solutions to what Ken proposed to deal with unusual filenames that included
special characters.  But the above is obviously the best solution to this
"unusual filename" problem if you have access to GNU tools (guaranteed on
GNU/Linux, but not necessarily on other Unix systems).

Alan
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