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True, but if you are iterating over 10k files and removing them, then a find|xargs pipe with xargs feeding rm the maximum number of parameters the kernel allows

by pwg 8y ago

True, but if you are iterating over 10k files and removing them, then a find|xargs pipe with xargs feeding rm the maximum number of parameters the kernel allows per fork will likely be faster than a bash interpreter loop, even with a bash builtin rm.

e12e 8y ago
You think find|xargs would be faster than (gnu) find -delete?
- pwg 8y ago
  No, my comment was "will likely be faster than a bash interpreter loop". The key phrase is "bash interpreter loop". I was not comparing find|xargs to find -delete.