Bug 65292 - xargs doesn't work with .gnome-desktop
Summary: xargs doesn't work with .gnome-desktop
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Status: CLOSED NOTABUG
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Linux
Classification: Retired
Component: findutils
Version: 7.3
Hardware: i386
OS: Linux
medium
medium
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Tim Waugh
QA Contact: Aaron Brown
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Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2002-05-21 16:13 UTC by hjl
Modified: 2007-04-18 16:42 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2002-05-21 16:41:26 UTC
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Description hjl 2002-05-21 16:13:37 UTC 
# cd .gnome-desktop
# ls
hjl's Home  Trash
# ls | xargs ls
xargs: unmatched single quote
Comment 1 Tim Waugh 2002-05-21 16:23:33 UTC 
ITYM: find -print0 | xargs ls 
 
xargs interprets quotes in its input---it is correct to complain when they 
don't match up.
Comment 2 hjl 2002-05-21 16:41:20 UTC 
It still doesn't work:

# find -type f -print0  | xargs file
./hjls Home: can't stat `./hjls Home' (No such file or directory).
Comment 3 Tim Waugh 2002-05-21 17:09:30 UTC 
Use xargs -0.
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