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1.24      millert    38: .Dd December 4, 1999
1.1       deraadt    39: .Dt FIND 1
                     40: .Os
                     41: .Sh NAME
                     42: .Nm find
                     43: .Nd walk a file hierarchy
                     44: .Sh SYNOPSIS
                     45: .Nm find
1.19      espie      46: .Op Fl HdhXxW
1.1       deraadt    47: .Op Fl f Ar file
1.32      heko       48: .Ar file Op Ar ...
1.33    ! hugh       49: .Ar expression
1.1       deraadt    50: .Sh DESCRIPTION
1.22      aaron      51: .Nm
1.1       deraadt    52: recursively descends the directory tree for each
                     53: .Ar file
                     54: listed, evaluating an
                     55: .Ar expression
1.22      aaron      56: (composed of the
                     57: .Dq primaries
                     58: and
1.33    ! hugh       59: .Dq operands
1.22      aaron      60: listed below) in terms
1.12      millert    61: of each file in the tree.
1.1       deraadt    62: .Pp
                     63: The options are as follows:
                     64: .Bl -tag -width Ds
                     65: .It Fl H
1.16      aaron      66: Causes the file information and file type (see
1.22      aaron      67: .Xr stat 2 )
                     68: returned for each symbolic link encountered on the command line to be
1.1       deraadt    69: those of the file referenced by the link, not the link itself.
                     70: If the referenced file does not exist, the file information and type will
1.25      aaron      71: be for the link itself.
                     72: File information of all symbolic links not on
1.1       deraadt    73: the command line is that of the link itself.
                     74: .It Fl d
1.16      aaron      75: Causes
1.22      aaron      76: .Nm
                     77: to perform a depth-first traversal, i.e., directories
                     78: are visited in post-order and all entries in a directory will be acted
1.1       deraadt    79: on before the directory itself.
                     80: By default,
1.22      aaron      81: .Nm
                     82: visits directories in pre-order, i.e., before their contents.
1.1       deraadt    83: Note, the default is
1.22      aaron      84: .Em not
                     85: a breadth-first traversal.
1.16      aaron      86: .It Fl f Ar file
                     87: Specifies a file hierarchy for
1.22      aaron      88: .Nm
1.1       deraadt    89: to traverse.
                     90: File hierarchies may also be specified as the operands immediately
                     91: following the options.
                     92: .It Fl h
1.16      aaron      93: Causes the file information and file type (see
1.22      aaron      94: .Xr stat 2 )
1.1       deraadt    95: returned for each symbolic link to be those of the file referenced by the
                     96: link, not the link itself.
                     97: If the referenced file does not exist, the file information and type will
                     98: be for the link itself.
                     99: .It Fl X
1.16      aaron     100: Permit
1.1       deraadt   101: .Nm
                    102: to be safely used in conjunction with
                    103: .Xr xargs 1 .
                    104: If a file name contains any of the delimiting characters used by
                    105: .Xr xargs ,
                    106: a diagnostic message is displayed on standard error, and the file
                    107: is skipped.
1.22      aaron     108: The delimiting characters include single
                    109: .Pq Ql '
                    110: and double
                    111: .Pq Ql \&"
                    112: quotes, backslash
                    113: .Pq Ql \e ,
                    114: space, tab, and newline
                    115: .Pq Sq \en
                    116: characters.
1.4       deraadt   117: As an alternative, the
                    118: .Fl print0
                    119: function may be used safely in conjunction with the
                    120: .Fl 0
                    121: argument to
1.16      aaron     122: .Xr xargs 1 .
1.1       deraadt   123: .It Fl x
1.16      aaron     124: Prevents
1.22      aaron     125: .Nm
1.1       deraadt   126: from descending into directories that have a device number different
                    127: than that of the file from which the descent began.
1.19      espie     128: .It Fl W
                    129: Let
                    130: .Nm
                    131: take whiteouts into account when scanning directories.
1.1       deraadt   132: .El
                    133: .Sh PRIMARIES
                    134: .Bl -tag -width Ds
1.22      aaron     135: .It Ic -amin Ar n
1.15      deraadt   136: True if the difference between the file last access time and the time
1.22      aaron     137: .Nm
1.20      aaron     138: was started, rounded up to the next full minute, is
1.15      deraadt   139: .Ar n
1.20      aaron     140: minutes.
1.24      millert   141: .It Ic -anewer Ar file
                    142: True if the current file has a more recent last access time than
1.25      aaron     143: .Ar file .
1.22      aaron     144: .It Ic -atime Ar n
1.1       deraadt   145: True if the difference between the file last access time and the time
1.22      aaron     146: .Nm
                    147: was started, rounded up to the next full 24-hour period, is
1.1       deraadt   148: .Ar n
1.22      aaron     149: 24-hour periods.
                    150: .It Ic -cmin Ar n
1.15      deraadt   151: True if the difference between the time of last change of file status
                    152: information and the time
1.22      aaron     153: .Nm
1.20      aaron     154: was started, rounded up to the next full minute, is
1.15      deraadt   155: .Ar n
1.20      aaron     156: minutes.
1.24      millert   157: .It Ic -cnewer Ar file
                    158: True if the current file has a more recent last change time than
1.25      aaron     159: .Ar file .
1.22      aaron     160: .It Ic -ctime Ar n
1.1       deraadt   161: True if the difference between the time of last change of file status
                    162: information and the time
1.22      aaron     163: .Nm
                    164: was started, rounded up to the next full 24-hour period, is
1.1       deraadt   165: .Ar n
1.22      aaron     166: 24-hour periods.
1.8       tholo     167: .It Ic -empty
                    168: True if the current file or directory is empty.
1.22      aaron     169: .It Ic -exec Ar utility Op argument ... ;
1.1       deraadt   170: True if the program named
                    171: .Ar utility
                    172: returns a zero value as its exit status.
                    173: Optional arguments may be passed to the utility.
1.22      aaron     174: The expression must be terminated by a semicolon
                    175: .Pq Ql \&; .
                    176: If the string
                    177: .Qq {}
                    178: appears anywhere in the utility name or the
1.1       deraadt   179: arguments it is replaced by the pathname of the current file.
1.16      aaron     180: .Ar utility
1.1       deraadt   181: will be executed from the directory from which
1.22      aaron     182: .Nm
1.1       deraadt   183: was executed.
1.22      aaron     184: .It Ic -execdir Ar utility Op argument ... ;
                    185: Identical to the
1.10      millert   186: .Ic -exec
                    187: primary with the exception that
1.16      aaron     188: .Ar utility
1.10      millert   189: will be executed from the directory that holds
1.25      aaron     190: the current file.
                    191: The filename substituted for the string
1.22      aaron     192: .Qq {}
                    193: is not qualified.
1.28      millert   194: .It Xo
                    195: .Ic -flags
                    196: .Op Fl
                    197: .Ar flags
                    198: .Xc
                    199: The
                    200: .Ar flags
                    201: are comma-separated symbolic file flags (see
                    202: .Xr chflags 1
                    203: for a list of valid flag names).
                    204: If the flags are preceded by a dash
                    205: .Pq Sq \- ,
                    206: this primary evaluates to true if the file in question has at least
                    207: one of the file flags specified by
                    208: .Ar flags .
                    209: If the flags are not preceded by a dash, this primary evaluates to true if the
                    210: flags specified exactly match those of the file.
1.2       deraadt   211: .It Ic -follow
                    212: Follow symbolic links.
1.22      aaron     213: .It Ic -fstype Ar type
1.1       deraadt   214: True if the file is contained in a file system of type
                    215: .Ar type .
1.22      aaron     216: Two special file system types are recognized:
                    217: .Dq local
                    218: and
                    219: .Dq rdonly .
1.1       deraadt   220: These do not describe actual file system types;
                    221: the former matches any file system physically mounted on the system where
1.22      aaron     222: .Nm
                    223: is being executed whereas the latter matches any file system which is
1.1       deraadt   224: mounted read-only.
1.22      aaron     225: .It Ic -group Ar gname
1.1       deraadt   226: True if the file belongs to the group
1.25      aaron     227: .Ar gname .
1.1       deraadt   228: If
                    229: .Ar gname
                    230: is numeric and there is no such group name, then
                    231: .Ar gname
1.16      aaron     232: is treated as a group ID.
1.27      deraadt   233: .It Ic -iname Ar pattern
                    234: True if the last component of the pathname being examined
                    235: matches
                    236: .Ar pattern .
                    237: Case insensitive.
1.22      aaron     238: .It Ic -inum Ar n
1.1       deraadt   239: True if the file has inode number
1.25      aaron     240: .Ar n .
1.22      aaron     241: .It Ic -links Ar n
1.1       deraadt   242: True if the file has
                    243: .Ar n
                    244: links.
                    245: .It Ic -ls
                    246: This primary always evaluates to true.
                    247: The following information for the current file is written to standard output:
1.22      aaron     248: its inode number, size in 512-byte blocks, file permissions, number of hard
1.1       deraadt   249: links, owner, group, size in bytes, last modification time, and pathname.
                    250: If the file is a block or character special file, the major and minor numbers
                    251: will be displayed instead of the size in bytes.
1.22      aaron     252: If the file is a symbolic link, the pathname of the linked-to file will be
                    253: displayed preceded by
                    254: .Dq \-> .
                    255: The format is identical to that produced by
                    256: .Dq ls \-dgils .
1.6       tholo     257: .It Ic -maxdepth Ar n
1.7       tholo     258: True if the current search depth is less than or equal to what is specified in
                    259: .Ar n .
                    260: .It Ic -mindepth Ar n
                    261: True if the current search depth is at least what is specified in
1.6       tholo     262: .Ar n .
1.22      aaron     263: .It Ic -mmin Ar n
1.15      deraadt   264: True if the difference between the file last modification time and the time
1.22      aaron     265: .Nm
1.20      aaron     266: was started, rounded up to the next full minute, is
1.15      deraadt   267: .Ar n
1.20      aaron     268: minutes.
1.22      aaron     269: .It Ic -mtime Ar n
1.1       deraadt   270: True if the difference between the file last modification time and the time
1.22      aaron     271: .Nm
                    272: was started, rounded up to the next full 24-hour period, is
1.1       deraadt   273: .Ar n
1.22      aaron     274: 24-hour periods.
                    275: .It Ic -name Ar pattern
1.1       deraadt   276: True if the last component of the pathname being examined matches
1.25      aaron     277: .Ar pattern .
1.22      aaron     278: Special shell pattern matching characters
                    279: .Pf ( Ql [ ,
                    280: .Ql \&] ,
                    281: .Ql * ,
                    282: and
                    283: .Ql ? )
1.1       deraadt   284: may be used as part of
1.25      aaron     285: .Ar pattern .
1.1       deraadt   286: These characters may be matched explicitly by escaping them with a
1.22      aaron     287: backslash
                    288: .Pq Ql \e .
                    289: .It Ic -newer Ar file
1.1       deraadt   290: True if the current file has a more recent last modification time than
1.25      aaron     291: .Ar file .
1.1       deraadt   292: .It Ic -nouser
                    293: True if the file belongs to an unknown user.
                    294: .It Ic -nogroup
                    295: True if the file belongs to an unknown group.
1.22      aaron     296: .It Ic \&-ok Ar utility Op argument ... ;
                    297: Identical to the
                    298: .Ic -exec
                    299: primary with the exception that
                    300: .Nm
                    301: requests user affirmation for the execution of
                    302: .Ar utility
                    303: by printing
                    304: a message to the terminal and reading a response.
                    305: If the response is other than
                    306: .Sq y
                    307: the command is not executed and the
                    308: value of the
                    309: .Ic \&ok
                    310: expression is false.
                    311: .It Ic -path Ar pattern
1.1       deraadt   312: True if the pathname being examined matches
1.25      aaron     313: .Ar pattern .
1.22      aaron     314: Special shell pattern matching characters
                    315: .Pf ( Ql [ ,
                    316: .Ql \&] ,
                    317: .Ql * ,
                    318: and
                    319: .Ql ? )
1.1       deraadt   320: may be used as part of
1.25      aaron     321: .Ar pattern .
1.1       deraadt   322: These characters may be matched explicitly by escaping them with a
1.22      aaron     323: backslash
                    324: .Pq Ql \e .
                    325: Slashes
                    326: .Pq Ql /
                    327: are treated as normal characters and do not have to be
1.1       deraadt   328: matched explicitly.
1.21      aaron     329: .It Xo
                    330: .Ic -perm
                    331: .Op Fl
                    332: .Ar mode
                    333: .Xc
1.1       deraadt   334: The
                    335: .Ar mode
                    336: may be either symbolic (see
1.25      aaron     337: .Xr chmod 1 )
1.1       deraadt   338: or an octal number.
                    339: If the mode is symbolic, a starting value of zero is assumed and the
1.16      aaron     340: mode sets or clears permissions without regard to the process's file mode
1.1       deraadt   341: creation mask.
                    342: If the mode is octal, only bits 07777
                    343: .Pf ( Dv S_ISUID
                    344: |
                    345: .Dv S_ISGID
                    346: |
                    347: .Dv S_ISTXT
                    348: |
                    349: .Dv S_IRWXU
                    350: |
                    351: .Dv S_IRWXG
                    352: |
                    353: .Dv S_IRWXO )
                    354: of the file's mode bits participate
                    355: in the comparison.
1.22      aaron     356: If the mode is preceded by a dash
                    357: .Pq Sq \- ,
                    358: this primary evaluates to true
1.1       deraadt   359: if at least all of the bits in the mode are set in the file's mode bits.
1.22      aaron     360: If the mode is not preceded by a dash, this primary evaluates to
1.16      aaron     361: true if the bits in the mode exactly match the file's mode bits.
1.22      aaron     362: Note, the first character of a symbolic mode may not be a dash.
1.1       deraadt   363: .It Ic -print
                    364: This primary always evaluates to true.
                    365: It prints the pathname of the current file to standard output, followed
1.22      aaron     366: by a newline
                    367: .Pq Ql \en
                    368: character.
1.1       deraadt   369: If neither
                    370: .Ic -exec ,
                    371: .Ic -ls ,
                    372: .Ic -ok ,
                    373: nor
                    374: .Ic -print0
                    375: is specified, the given expression shall be effectively replaced by
1.22      aaron     376: .Cm \&( Ns Ar given\& expression Ns Cm \&)
1.1       deraadt   377: .Ic -print .
                    378: .It Ic -print0
                    379: This primary always evaluates to true.
                    380: It prints the pathname of the current file to standard output, followed
                    381: by a null character.
                    382: .It Ic -prune
                    383: This primary always evaluates to true.
                    384: It causes
1.22      aaron     385: .Nm
1.1       deraadt   386: to not descend into the current file.
                    387: Note, the
                    388: .Ic -prune
                    389: primary has no effect if the
                    390: .Fl d
                    391: option was specified.
1.22      aaron     392: .It Ic -size Ar n Ns Op Cm c
                    393: True if the file's size, rounded up, in 512-byte blocks is
1.25      aaron     394: .Ar n .
1.1       deraadt   395: If
                    396: .Ar n
1.22      aaron     397: is followed by a
                    398: .Sq c ,
                    399: then the primary is true if the
1.1       deraadt   400: file's size is
                    401: .Ar n
                    402: bytes.
1.22      aaron     403: .It Ic -type Ar t
1.1       deraadt   404: True if the file is of the specified type.
                    405: Possible file types are as follows:
                    406: .Pp
                    407: .Bl -tag -width flag -offset indent -compact
1.3       deraadt   408: .It Cm W
1.22      aaron     409: whiteout (currently, these won't even be visible without also specifying
1.19      espie     410: .Fl W )
1.1       deraadt   411: .It Cm b
                    412: block special
                    413: .It Cm c
                    414: character special
                    415: .It Cm d
                    416: directory
                    417: .It Cm f
                    418: regular file
                    419: .It Cm l
                    420: symbolic link
                    421: .It Cm p
                    422: FIFO
                    423: .It Cm s
                    424: socket
                    425: .El
                    426: .Pp
1.22      aaron     427: .It Ic -user Ar uname
1.1       deraadt   428: True if the file belongs to the user
1.25      aaron     429: .Ar uname .
1.1       deraadt   430: If
                    431: .Ar uname
                    432: is numeric and there is no such user name, then
                    433: .Ar uname
1.16      aaron     434: is treated as a user ID.
1.1       deraadt   435: .El
                    436: .Pp
                    437: All primaries which take a numeric argument allow the number to be
1.22      aaron     438: preceded by a plus sign
                    439: .Pq Ql +
                    440: or a minus sign
                    441: .Pq Ql \- .
                    442: A preceding plus sign means
                    443: .Dq more than n ,
                    444: a preceding minus sign means
                    445: .Dq less than n ,
                    446: and neither means
                    447: .Dq exactly n .
1.1       deraadt   448: .Sh OPERATORS
                    449: The primaries may be combined using the following operators.
                    450: The operators are listed in order of decreasing precedence.
1.22      aaron     451: .Bl -tag -width (expression)
                    452: .It Cm \&( Ns Ar expression Ns Cm \&)
1.1       deraadt   453: This evaluates to true if the parenthesized expression evaluates to
                    454: true.
                    455: .Pp
1.22      aaron     456: .It Cm \&! Ns Ar expression
1.1       deraadt   457: This is the unary
                    458: .Tn NOT
                    459: operator.
                    460: It evaluates to true if the expression is false.
                    461: .Pp
1.22      aaron     462: .It Ar expression Cm -and Ar expression
                    463: .It Ar expression expression
1.1       deraadt   464: The
                    465: .Cm -and
                    466: operator is the logical
                    467: .Tn AND
                    468: operator.
                    469: As it is implied by the juxtaposition of two expressions it does not
                    470: have to be specified.
                    471: The expression evaluates to true if both expressions are true.
                    472: The second expression is not evaluated if the first expression is false.
                    473: .Pp
1.22      aaron     474: .It Ar expression Cm -or Ar expression
1.1       deraadt   475: The
                    476: .Cm -or
                    477: operator is the logical
                    478: .Tn OR
                    479: operator.
                    480: The expression evaluates to true if either the first or the second expression
                    481: is true.
                    482: The second expression is not evaluated if the first expression is true.
                    483: .El
                    484: .Pp
                    485: All operands and primaries must be separate arguments to
1.22      aaron     486: .Nm find .
1.1       deraadt   487: Primaries which themselves take arguments expect each argument
                    488: to be a separate argument to
1.22      aaron     489: .Nm find .
1.1       deraadt   490: .Sh EXAMPLES
                    491: The following examples are shown as given to the shell:
                    492: .Bl -tag -width findx
                    493: .It Li "find  /  \e!  -name  \*q*.c\*q  -print"
1.22      aaron     494: Print out a list of all the files whose names do not end in
1.31      deraadt   495: .Dq \&.c .
1.1       deraadt   496: .It Li "find  /  -newer  ttt  -user  wnj  -print"
1.22      aaron     497: Print out a list of all the files owned by user
                    498: .Dq wnj
                    499: that are newer
                    500: than the file
                    501: .Dq ttt .
1.1       deraadt   502: .It Li "find  /  \e!  \e(  -newer  ttt  -user  wnj  \e)  -print"
1.22      aaron     503: Print out a list of all the files which are not both newer than
                    504: .Dq ttt
                    505: and owned by
                    506: .Dq wnj .
1.1       deraadt   507: .It Li "find  /  \e(  -newer  ttt  -or  -user wnj  \e)  -print"
1.22      aaron     508: Print out a list of all the files that are either owned by
                    509: .Dq wnj
                    510: or
                    511: that are newer than
                    512: .Dq ttt .
1.1       deraadt   513: .El
                    514: .Sh SEE ALSO
1.29      millert   515: .Xr chflags 1 ,
1.1       deraadt   516: .Xr chmod 1 ,
                    517: .Xr locate 1 ,
1.23      aaron     518: .Xr whereis 1 ,
                    519: .Xr which 1 ,
1.1       deraadt   520: .Xr stat 2 ,
                    521: .Xr fts 3 ,
1.16      aaron     522: .Xr getgrent 3 ,
1.1       deraadt   523: .Xr getpwent 3 ,
                    524: .Xr strmode 3 ,
                    525: .Xr symlink 7
                    526: .Sh STANDARDS
                    527: The
1.22      aaron     528: .Nm
1.1       deraadt   529: utility syntax is a superset of the syntax specified by the
                    530: .St -p1003.2
                    531: standard.
                    532: .Pp
1.13      deraadt   533: The options and primaries
1.18      deraadt   534: .Ic -amin ,
                    535: .Ic -cmin ,
1.9       tholo     536: .Ic -empty ,
1.1       deraadt   537: .Ic -follow ,
                    538: .Ic -fstype ,
1.27      deraadt   539: .Ic -iname ,
1.2       deraadt   540: .Ic -inum ,
1.1       deraadt   541: .Ic -links ,
1.9       tholo     542: .Ic -ls ,
1.18      deraadt   543: .Ic -mmin ,
1.9       tholo     544: .Ic -maxdepth ,
1.13      deraadt   545: .Ic -mindepth ,
                    546: .Ic -execdir ,
1.1       deraadt   547: and
                    548: .Ic -print0
1.13      deraadt   549: are extensions to
1.1       deraadt   550: .St -p1003.2 .
1.27      deraadt   551: The
                    552: .Ic -iname
                    553: option was inspired by GNU find.
1.1       deraadt   554: .Pp
                    555: Historically, the
                    556: .Fl d ,
1.26      aaron     557: .Fl H ,
1.1       deraadt   558: and
                    559: .Fl x
1.14      deraadt   560: options were implemented using the primaries
                    561: .Ic -depth ,
                    562: .Ic -follow ,
                    563: and
                    564: .Ic -xdev .
1.1       deraadt   565: These primaries always evaluated to true.
                    566: As they were really global variables that took effect before the traversal
                    567: began, some legal expressions could have unexpected results.
1.22      aaron     568: An example is the expression
                    569: .Dq \-print \-o \-depth .
                    570: As
                    571: .Cm \-print
                    572: always evaluates to true, the standard order of evaluation
                    573: implies that
                    574: .Cm \-depth
                    575: would never be evaluated.
1.1       deraadt   576: This is not the case.
                    577: .Pp
1.22      aaron     578: The operator
                    579: .Cm -or
                    580: was implemented as
                    581: .Cm \-o ,
                    582: and the operator
                    583: .Cm -and
                    584: was implemented as
                    585: .Cm \-a .
1.1       deraadt   586: .Pp
                    587: Historic implementations of the
                    588: .Ic -exec
                    589: and
                    590: .Ic -ok
1.22      aaron     591: primaries did not replace the string
                    592: .Qq {}
                    593: in the utility name or the
1.1       deraadt   594: utility arguments if it had preceding or following non-whitespace characters.
                    595: This version replaces it no matter where in the utility name or arguments
                    596: it appears.
1.30      aaron     597: .Sh HISTORY
                    598: A
                    599: .Nm
                    600: command appeared in
                    601: .At v1 .
1.1       deraadt   602: .Sh BUGS
                    603: The special characters used by
1.22      aaron     604: .Nm
1.1       deraadt   605: are also special characters to many shell programs.
1.22      aaron     606: In particular, the characters
                    607: .Ql * ,
                    608: .Ql [ ,
                    609: .Ql \&] ,
                    610: .Ql ? ,
                    611: .Ql ( ,
                    612: .Ql \&) ,
                    613: .Ql ! ,
                    614: .Ql \e ,
                    615: and
                    616: .Ql \&;
                    617: may have to be escaped from the shell.
1.1       deraadt   618: .Pp
                    619: As there is no delimiter separating options and file names or file
                    620: names and the
                    621: .Ar expression ,
1.22      aaron     622: it is difficult to specify files named
                    623: .Dq -xdev
                    624: or
                    625: .Dq ! .
1.1       deraadt   626: These problems are handled by the
                    627: .Fl f
                    628: option and the
                    629: .Xr getopt 3
1.22      aaron     630: .Dq \-\-
                    631: construct.
1.19      espie     632: .Pp
                    633: The
                    634: .Fl W
1.26      aaron     635: option is probably not the most elegant way to handle whiteouts.
                    636: It may be replaced by a more sophisticated algorithm eventually.