Use POSIX syntax for maximum length argument lists in find's -exec

.bash_aliases

@@ -278,7 +278,7 @@ zsed() {
         while IFS= read -r -d '' -u 9
         do
             sed -i -e "$replacement" "$REPLY"
-        done 9< <( find . -type f -exec printf '%s\0' {} \; )
+        done 9< <( find . -type f -exec printf '%s\0' {} + )
         tar -czf "$full_path" .
         cd - >/dev/null
     done

.bash_history

@@ -281,10 +281,10 @@ find_date_sorted . -mindepth 1 # files
 find_date_sorted . -mindepth 1 | sort --reverse --zero-terminated | while IFS= read -r -d ''; do stat -- "$REPLY"; done # files loop reverse 
 find . -empty 
 find . -empty -delete # remove files 
-find . -exec printf '%s\0' {} \; | while read -r -d ''; do printf %q "$REPLY"; printf '\n'; done 
-find . -group 1000 -exec chgrp $(id --group) {} \; # update files permissions 
+find . -exec printf '%s\0' {} + | while read -r -d ''; do printf %q "$REPLY"; printf '\n'; done 
+find . -group 1000 -exec chgrp $(id --group) {} + # update files permissions 
 find -L . -type l # broken symlinks 
-find . -mindepth 1 -exec printf '%s\0' {} \; | shuf --head-count 10 --zero-terminated # random shuffle files 
+find . -mindepth 1 -exec printf '%s\0' {} + | shuf --head-count 10 --zero-terminated # random shuffle files 
 find . -mindepth 1 -exec printf x \; | wc -c # count files posix safe 
 find . -name '*.marks' -delete # remove jedit temp files 
 find . \( -path ./.git -o -path ./.svn \) -prune -o \( -type f -exec grep --files-with-matches $'\t' {} + \) # exclude vcs directories tab files 
@@ -1667,7 +1667,7 @@ sudo sh -c 'apt-get update && apt-get upgrade --yes && if [[ -f /var/run/reboot-
 sudo sh -c 'dhclient -r wlan0 && dhclient wlan0' # request refresh dhcp ip 
 sudo sh -c 'ip addr add 192.168.0.99/16 wlan0 && dhclient wlan0' # set ip address network 
 sudo sh -c "mkdir -p /var/lib/rrdcached/db /var/lib/rrdcached/journal && chown $(printf %q "$USER"):$(printf %q "$(groups | awk '{print $1}')") /var/lib/rrdcached/db /var/lib/rrdcached/journal && apt-get install rrdcached" # fix ubuntu rrdcached install bug 985341 
-sudo sh -c 'tail --follow name --retry --lines 0 $(find /var/log/ -type f -exec file -- {} \; | grep ":.*\(ASCII\|UTF\)" | cut --delimiter : --field 1)' # text 
+sudo sh -c 'tail --follow name --retry --lines 0 $(find /var/log/ -type f -exec file -- {} + | grep ":.*\(ASCII\|UTF\)" | cut --delimiter : --field 1)' # text 
 sudo showkey # keyboard 
 sudo strace -p 123 # process 
 sudo tail --follow=name --retry --lines 0 /var/log/syslog 
@@ -1847,9 +1847,9 @@ wget --output-document - http://user:password@host/function?id=foo 2>service.log
 wget --server-response --output-document=/dev/null http://example.org/ # web header 
 whatis mv # exact help man 
 which make 
-while IFS= read -r -d '' -u 9; do if [[ "$(file --brief --special-files --mime-type -- "$REPLY")" = text/* ]]; then sed --in-place --expression 's/[ \t]\+\(\r\?\)$/\1/;$a\' -- "$REPLY"; else echo "Skipping $REPLY" >&2; fi; done 9< <(find . \( -type d -regex '^.*/\.\(git\|svn\)$' -prune -false \) -o -type f -exec printf '%s\0' {} \;) # whitespace eol eof 
+while IFS= read -r -d '' -u 9; do if [[ "$(file --brief --special-files --mime-type -- "$REPLY")" = text/* ]]; then sed --in-place --expression 's/[ \t]\+\(\r\?\)$/\1/;$a\' -- "$REPLY"; else echo "Skipping $REPLY" >&2; fi; done 9< <(find . \( -type d -regex '^.*/\.\(git\|svn\)$' -prune -false \) -o -type f -exec printf '%s\0' {} +) # whitespace eol eof 
 while IFS= read -r -d '' -u 9; do jedit -reuseview "$REPLY"; done 9< <(grep --null --files-with-matches --recursive --exclude-dir .git --exclude-dir .svn --exclude-dir CVS --regexp 'pattern' .) # search open files 
-while IFS= read -r -d '' -u 9; do printf '%q\n' "${REPLY#* }"; done 9< <(find . -printf '%T@' -exec printf ' %s\0' {} \; | sort --general-numeric-sort --zero-terminated) # sort file list modification date 
+while IFS= read -r -d '' -u 9; do printf '%q\n' "${REPLY#* }"; done 9< <(find . -printf '%T@' -exec printf ' %s\0' {} + | sort --general-numeric-sort --zero-terminated) # sort file list modification date 
 while IFS= read -r -u 9; do if [[ "$REPLY" =~ .*\.dot$ ]]; then dot -O -Tsvg "$REPLY"; fi; done 9< <(inotifywait --event close_write --format %f --monitor .) 
 while IFS= read -r -u 9; do if [[ "$REPLY" =~ .*\.markdown$ ]]; then markdown_page "$REPLY" > "${REPLY%.markdown}.xhtml"; fi; done 9< <(inotifywait --event close_write --format %f --monitor .) 
 while IFS= read -r -u 9; do if [[ "$REPLY" =~ .*_test\.rb$ ]]; then rake test; fi; done 9< <(inotifywait --event close_write --format %f --monitor test/*) 

examples/safe-find.sh

@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ do
         printf %q "$file_name"
         printf '\n'
     fi
-done 9< <( find "$test_dir_path" -type f -exec printf '%s\0' {} \; )
+done 9< <( find "$test_dir_path" -type f -exec printf '%s\0' {} + )
 
 rm -- "$test_file_path"
 rmdir -- "$test_dir_path"

scripts/duplicates.sh

@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ while IFS= read -r -d '' -u 9
 do
     file_path="$(readlink -fn -- "$REPLY"; echo x)"
     file_path="${file_path%x}"
-    exec 8< <( find "$start_dir" -type f \( -path "$file_path" -o -exec printf '%s\0' {} \; \) )
+    exec 8< <( find "$start_dir" -type f \( -path "$file_path" -o -exec printf '%s\0' {} + \) )
     while IFS= read -r -d '' -u 8 OTHER
     do
         cmp --quiet -- "$REPLY" "$OTHER"
@@ -71,4 +71,4 @@ do
                 ;;
         esac
     done
-done 9< <( find "$start_dir" -type f -exec printf '%s\0' {} \; )
+done 9< <( find "$start_dir" -type f -exec printf '%s\0' {} + )