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NAME
find - find files
SYNOPSIS
find pathname-list expression
DESCRIPTION
Find recursively descends the directory hierarchy for each pathname
in the pathname-list (i.e., one or more pathnames) seeking files
that match a boolean expression written in the primaries given
below. In the descriptions, the argument n is used as a decimal
integer where +n means more than n, -n means less than n and n means
exactly n.
-name filename
True if the filename argument matches the current file
name. Normal Shell argument syntax may be used if escaped
(watch out for `[', `?' and `*').
-perm onum
True if the file permission flags exactly match the octal
number onum (see chmod(1)). If onum is prefixed by a
minus sign, more flag bits (017777, see stat(2)) become
significant and the flags are compared:
(flags&onum)==onum.
-type c True if the type of the file is c, where c is b, c, d or f
for block special file, character special file, directory
or plain file.
-links n True if the file has n links.
-user uname
True if the file belongs to the user uname (login name or
numeric user ID).
-group gname
True if the file belongs to group gname (group name or
numeric group ID).
-size n True if the file is n blocks long (512 bytes per block).
-inum n True if the file has inode number n.
-atime n True if the file has been accessed in n days.
-mtime n True if the file has been modified in n days.
-exec command
True if the executed command returns a zero value as exit
status. The end of the command must be punctuated by an
escaped semicolon. A command argument `{}' is replaced by
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the current pathname.
-ok command
Like -exec except that the generated command is written on
the standard output, then the standard input is read and
the command executed only upon response y.
-print Always true; causes the current pathname to be printed.
-newer file
True if the current file has been modified more recently
than the argument file.
The primaries may be combined using the following operators (in
order of decreasing precedence):
1) A parenthesized group of primaries and operators (parentheses
are special to the Shell and must be escaped).
2) The negation of a primary (`!' is the unary not operator).
3) Concatenation of primaries (the and operation is implied by the
juxtaposition of two primaries).
4) Alternation of primaries (`-o' is the or operator).
EXAMPLE
To remove all files named `a.out' or `*.o' that have not been
accessed for a week:
find / \( -name a.out -o -name '*.o' \) -atime +7 -exec rm {} \;
FILES
/etc/passwd
/etc/group
SEE ALSO
sh(1), test(1), filsys(5)
BUGS
The syntax is painful.
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