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<node id="1014441" title="Re^3: Finding and sorting files in massive file directory" created="2013-01-21 08:12:57" updated="2013-01-21 08:12:57">
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MidLifeXis</author>
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&lt;P&gt;
See the [man://xargs] command.  It can help with breaking apart large command lines.
&lt;code&gt;
find . -type f -name b\* -depth -2 | xargs $command_that_can_be_run_multiple_times
&lt;/code&gt;
&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Update:&lt;/strong&gt; added example.
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&lt;p&gt;--MidLifeXis&lt;/p&gt;

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