I was mis-remembering the "faster" part. It is slower unless you have a version that supports the "-exec {} +" option. However, for security and robustness, see

I was mis-remembering the "faster" part. It is slower unless you have a version that supports the "-exec {} +" option. However, for security and robustness, see this: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/896808/find-exec-cmd-vs-xargs http://stackoverflow.com/questions/896808/find-exec-cmd-vs-x... http://www.gnu.org/software/findutils/manual/html_node/find_html/Security-Considerations-for-xargs.html http://www.gnu.org/software/findutils/manual/html_node/find_...