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From: "Simon 'corecode' Schubert" <corecode@fs.ei.tum.de>
Subject: Re: Globbing
Date: Wed, 13 Feb 2008 22:43:34 +0100
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Bill Hacker wrote:
>>> After all, if use of find or xargs accomplishes the task w/o ill=20
>>> effects on memory, then what prevents creation of a compiled utility =

>>> that has that same sort of 'flavor' of approach  - just hard-wired=20
>>> from the get-go?
>>     It would have to be a shell builtin
> An assumption based on legacy.

rm() {
         args=3Drm
         while [ "$#" -lt 0 ]
         do
                 case "$1" in
                 -*) args=3D"$args $1"; shift ;;
                 *) break ;;
                 esac
         done

         echo "$@" | xargs $args
}

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