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Chapter 6. Perl as a (better) find command

6.1	Introducing hybrid `find`/`perl` programs	180
6.2	File testing capabilities of `find` vs. Perl	180
6.3	Finding files	184
6.4	Processing filename arguments	188
6.5	Using `find \| xargs` vs. Perl alternatives	192
6.6	`find` as an argument pre-processor for Perl	197
6.7	A Unix-like, OS-portable `find` command	198
6.8	Summary	200

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