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exec.vs.xargs
# in a large directory of pdf files
time find . -name "*.pdf" -exec md5 {} \;
...
real 0m4.773s
user 0m1.389s
sys 0m0.934s
time find . -name "*.pdf" | xargs md5
...
real 0m1.624s
user 0m1.021s
sys 0m0.579s
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