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I am working on a command to move the x number of oldest files(FIFO) into a directory, is it better idea to pipe the "find" result into "ls" or just use the "ls" .. please suggest.



ls -ltr `/bin/find ${in}/* -prune -name "*.txt"  -type f` | head -10 |     
while read -r infile ; do
-move the file
done


or should i just use ls.
the reason i am using find is: i read some online content that ls should be avoided in scripting. but in my code at the end i have to pipe the find results into the ls.
i am worried if find result is too big would it might cause any problem.










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I am working on a command to move the x number of oldest files(FIFO) into a directory, is it better idea to pipe the "find" result into "ls" or just use the "ls" .. please suggest.



ls -ltr `/bin/find ${in}/* -prune -name "*.txt"  -type f` | head -10 |     
while read -r infile ; do
-move the file
done


or should i just use ls.
the reason i am using find is: i read some online content that ls should be avoided in scripting. but in my code at the end i have to pipe the find results into the ls.
i am worried if find result is too big would it might cause any problem.










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I am working on a command to move the x number of oldest files(FIFO) into a directory, is it better idea to pipe the "find" result into "ls" or just use the "ls" .. please suggest.



ls -ltr `/bin/find ${in}/* -prune -name "*.txt"  -type f` | head -10 |     
while read -r infile ; do
-move the file
done


or should i just use ls.
the reason i am using find is: i read some online content that ls should be avoided in scripting. but in my code at the end i have to pipe the find results into the ls.
i am worried if find result is too big would it might cause any problem.










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I am working on a command to move the x number of oldest files(FIFO) into a directory, is it better idea to pipe the "find" result into "ls" or just use the "ls" .. please suggest.



ls -ltr `/bin/find ${in}/* -prune -name "*.txt"  -type f` | head -10 |     
while read -r infile ; do
-move the file
done


or should i just use ls.
the reason i am using find is: i read some online content that ls should be avoided in scripting. but in my code at the end i have to pipe the find results into the ls.
i am worried if find result is too big would it might cause any problem.







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  • I noticed you tagged ksh and hp-ux; is zsh an option?
    – Jeff Schaller
    30 mins ago


















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    – Jeff Schaller
    30 mins ago
















I noticed you tagged ksh and hp-ux; is zsh an option?
– Jeff Schaller
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