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Safe File Name Handling
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   Here is how to make `find' output file names so that they can be
used by other programs without being mangled or misinterpreted.  You can
process file names generated this way by giving the `-0' or `--null'
option to GNU `xargs', GNU `tar', GNU `cpio', or `perl'.

 - Action: -print0
     True; print the full file name on the standard output, followed by
     a null character.

 - Action: -fprint0 file
     True; like `-print0' but write to FILE like `-fprint' (Note: Print
     File Name).