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authorBruce Evans <bde@FreeBSD.org>1998-11-29 12:00:06 +0000
committerBruce Evans <bde@FreeBSD.org>1998-11-29 12:00:06 +0000
commit6df6954824bc8f4ab34e7ebac81350411c710e73 (patch)
tree8e58c576c9ff93313167794a0f92e44babdd6e71 /usr.bin/find
parentf06a63b4f2545c74d1d4edafba8d90ac883f6fc3 (diff)
Notes
Diffstat (limited to 'usr.bin/find')
-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 0d23566a0853..b339c8d6d5d0 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