source: buchla-68k/orig/doc/Utilities/FIND.MAN

FIND(1)                   USER COMMANDS                   FIND(1)



NAME
     find - find files

SYNOPSIS
     find pathname-list expression

DESCRIPTION
     Find recursively descends the directory hierarchy  for  each
     pathname  in  the  pathname-list (that is, one or more path-
     names) seeking files that match a boolean expression written
     in  the  primaries  given  below.

     -name filename
               True if the filename argument matches the  current
               file  name.   Normal  Shell argument syntax may be
               used if escaped (watch out for `[', `?' and `*').

     -exec command
               True if the executed command returns a zero  value
               as  exit  status.   The end of the command must be
               punctuated by an  escaped  semicolon.   A  command
               argument `{}' is replaced by the current pathname.

     -ok command
               Like -exec except that the  generated  command  is
               written  on the standard output, then the standard
               input is read and the command executed  only  upon
               response y.

     -print    Always true; the current pathname is  printed.

     -newer    True if the current file has  been  modified  more
               recently than the argument file.

EXAMPLE
     To find all the files called  readme.doc starting  from  the
     current directory:
          % find . -name readme.doc -print
          .\man\assembler\readme.doc
          .\man\core\readme.doc
          .\man\drivers\tut\readme.doc
          .\man\manager\impl\readme.doc
          .\suppl\general\unix\readme.doc
          .\suppl\tools\sccs\readme.doc
          %

     To recursively print all files names in the  current  direc-
     tory and below:
          % find .  -print
          %

     To remove all files named `*.o':
          % find \ -name '*.o' -exec rm '{}' ';'
          %

     The quotes are necessary when using Micro C-Shell.