August 1999
Intermediate to advanced
1000 pages
83h 9m
English
/usr/bin/find path... expression
You can use the find command to search through any part of the file system, looking for files with a particular name. find recursively descends the directory hierarchy for each path, seeking files that match expression .
find descends to arbitrary depths in a file hierarchy and does not fail because of path-length limitations (unless a path operand specified by the application exceeds PATH_MAX requirements).
| path | A path name of a starting point in the directory hierarchy. | |
| expression | Interpret the first argument that starts with a -, or is a ! or a (, and all subsequent arguments as an expression made up of the following primaries and operators. In the descriptions, ... | |
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