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Diffstat (limited to 'usr.bin/find/find.1')
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1 files changed, 29 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/usr.bin/find/find.1 b/usr.bin/find/find.1 index a5fc173..652011e 100644 --- a/usr.bin/find/find.1 +++ b/usr.bin/find/find.1 @@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ .\" SUCH DAMAGE. .\" .\" @(#)find.1 8.7 (Berkeley) 5/9/95 +.\" $Id: find.1,v 1.9 1997/05/19 16:33:26 eivind Exp $ .\" .Dd May 9, 1995 .Dt FIND 1 @@ -84,6 +85,7 @@ The option causes the file information and file type (see .Xr stat 2) returned for each symbolic link to be those of the link itself. +This is the default. .It Fl X The .Fl X @@ -142,6 +144,13 @@ information and the time 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 +from the current working directory as +.Nm +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 ... ; True if the program named .Ar utility @@ -273,11 +282,18 @@ It prints the pathname of the current file to standard output. If none of .Ic -exec , .Ic -ls , +.Ic -print0 , or .Ic \&-ok is specified, the given expression shall be effectively replaced by .Cm \&( Ns Ar given\& expression Ns Cm \&) .Ic -print . +.It Ic -print0 +This primary always evaluates to true. +It prints the pathname of the current file to standard output, followed by an +.Tn ASCII +.Tn NUL +character (character code 0). .It Ic -prune This primary always evaluates to true. It causes @@ -411,7 +427,9 @@ The and .Fl X options and the -.Ic -inum +.Ic -inum , +.Ic -print0 , +.Ic -delete , and .Ic -ls primaries are extensions to @@ -459,3 +477,13 @@ These problems are handled by the option and the .Xr getopt 3 ``--'' construct. +.Pp +The +.Ic -delete +primary do not interact well with other options that cause the filesystem +tree traversal options to be changed. +.Sh HISTORY +A +.Nm +command appeared in +.At v1 . |
