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authorbde <bde@FreeBSD.org>1998-11-29 12:00:06 +0000
committerbde <bde@FreeBSD.org>1998-11-29 12:00:06 +0000
commit686e5f3db2b1601485c60cb8a4c55f5157861d72 (patch)
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parent9b6c95456a9da70e7bf44da7ba5367f98d57abf3 (diff)
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Fixed English in previous commit. Clarify "lexicographical order".
Don't format paragraphs manually (new sentences not beginning on new lines give hard-formatted line breaks).
-rw-r--r--usr.bin/find/find.122
1 files changed, 14 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/usr.bin/find/find.1 b/usr.bin/find/find.1
index 0d23566..b339c8d 100644
--- a/usr.bin/find/find.1
+++ b/usr.bin/find/find.1
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
.\" SUCH DAMAGE.
.\"
.\" @(#)find.1 8.7 (Berkeley) 5/9/95
-.\" $Id: find.1,v 1.15 1998/05/15 11:22:36 jkoshy Exp $
+.\" $Id: find.1,v 1.16 1998/11/29 00:54:21 wosch Exp $
.\"
.Dd May 9, 1995
.Dt FIND 1
@@ -68,7 +68,8 @@ option causes the file information and file type (see
returned for each symbolic link specified on the command line to be
those of the file referenced by the link, not the link itself.
If the referenced file does not exist, the file information and type will
-be for the link itself. File information of all symbolic links not on
+be for the link itself.
+File information of all symbolic links not on
the command line is that of the link itself.
.It Fl L
The
@@ -124,10 +125,11 @@ following the options.
.It Fl s
The
.Fl s
-option cause
+option causes
.Nm find
-to traverse the file hierarchies in lexicographical order. The
-output will be sorted too. Note:
+to traverse the file hierarchies in lexicographical order,
+i.e., alphabetical order within each directory.
+Note:
.Sq find -s
and
.So
@@ -171,10 +173,13 @@ was started, rounded up to the next full 24\-hour period, is
.Ar n
24\-hour periods.
.It Ic -delete
-Delete found files and/or directories. Always returns True. This executes
+Delete found files and/or directories.
+Always returns true.
+This executes
from the current working directory as
.Nm
-recurses down the tree. It will not attempt to delete a filename with a ``/''
+recurses down the tree.
+It will not attempt to delete a filename with a ``/''
character in its pathname relative to "." for security reasons.
Depth\-first traversal processing is implied by this option.
.It Ic -exec Ar utility Op argument ... ;
@@ -197,7 +202,8 @@ primary is identical to the
primary with the exception that
.Ar Utility
will be executed from the directory that holds
-the current file. The filename substituted for
+the current file.
+The filename substituted for
the string ``{}'' is not qualified.
.It Ic -fstype Ar type
True if the file is contained in a file system of type
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