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How to escape file output for compatibilty with 'xargs'?

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Mar 15, 20265088 views
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I have this command: But files with characters in their names fail with "xargs: unmatched single quote", and I guess other special characters would cause the same problem. How can I escape the output so this command works with all filenames?

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find $1 | xargs touch

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