Re: [opensuse] Searching for string in many files [Was: 12.3 + ntfs + ext4 + USB3 + different copying speeds]

On 04/04/2013 12:54 PM, Per Jessen wrote:

You have deliberately prolonged the agony by adding '-n 1' to xargs - that means xargs will fork 'echo' once per filename.

Try this:

xargs -0 printf "%s\n" <listadeficheros | wc -l

or even better: $ tr '\0' '\n' < listadeficheros | wc -l Isn't it cool to have so many choices? ;-) Have a nice day, Berny -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org