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| author | bde <bde@FreeBSD.org> | 1998-11-29 12:00:06 +0000 |
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| committer | bde <bde@FreeBSD.org> | 1998-11-29 12:00:06 +0000 |
| commit | 686e5f3db2b1601485c60cb8a4c55f5157861d72 (patch) | |
| tree | eb5be4877204d53cad1f03bed982e4679bff2b0e /usr.bin/find | |
| parent | 9b6c95456a9da70e7bf44da7ba5367f98d57abf3 (diff) | |
| download | FreeBSD-src-686e5f3db2b1601485c60cb8a4c55f5157861d72.zip FreeBSD-src-686e5f3db2b1601485c60cb8a4c55f5157861d72.tar.gz | |
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).
Diffstat (limited to 'usr.bin/find')
| -rw-r--r-- | usr.bin/find/find.1 | 22 |
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 |
