I retrieve a booklist after seaching the python books in home directory using this command on OSX:
find ~ -type f -iregex '.*python.*\.pdf'
the booklist
...
.../Computing/Python/Beginning_Python.pdf
.../Python/Core.Python.Applications.Programming.3rd.Edition.pdf
.../Python/Packt.Mastering.Python.2016.4.pdf
...
I intend to check their status with command xargs
and stat
$ find ~ -type f -iregex '.*python.*\.pdf' | xargs stat -x
# get error
xargs: unterminated quote
Tried alternatively with option -0
find ~ -type f -iregex '.*python.*\.pdf' | xargs -0 stat -x
# get error
: stat: File name too long
How to resolve such a problem?
Best Answer
-0
to xargs doesn't make much sense if you don't also change the input to be 0-separated. Tryfind ~ -type f -iregex '.*python.*\.pdf' -print0 | xargs -0 stat -x