diff --git a/scripts/find-nosvn b/scripts/find-nosvn
index 2d187bb..72e2eec 100755
--- a/scripts/find-nosvn
+++ b/scripts/find-nosvn
@@ -6,6 +6,6 @@ echo -e "${txtRED}searching for $@${txtdfl}";
 
 #find . -not -iwholename "*.svn" -name "*.[ch]" -exec grep -nH --color=auto $@ {} \;
 
-find . -type d -a -name .svn -prune -o -name "*.[ch]" -exec grep -nH --color=always "$@" {} \;
+find . -type d -a -name .svn -prune -o -name "*.[ch]" | xargs grep -nH --color=always "$@" 
 #find . -name "*.[ch]"  -exec grep -nH --color=auto --exclude-dir=.svn $@ {} \;
 #try ack