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    Will the prior approach work if using find . -type f (where for won't)? Commented Nov 9, 2015 at 7:50
  • It will; just be aware that file names containing newline characters break that approach. Commented Nov 9, 2015 at 11:58
  • Filenames containing newline characters; then I'd say the problem would lie elsewhere :) Commented Nov 10, 2015 at 13:22
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    No, the problem is with scripts that make naive assumptions about what characters can appear in a file name. Commented Nov 10, 2015 at 13:39
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    This was a tough one to debug -- thanks for saving me a headache today! Commented Jul 23, 2019 at 2:46