findutils-4.1: description + notes
The GNU Find Utilities are the basic directory searching utilities of
the GNU operating system. These programs are typically used in
conjunction with other programs to provide modular and powerful
directory search and file locating capabilities to other commands.
The tools supplied with this package are:
- find - search for files in a directory hierarchy
- locate - list files in databases that match a pattern
- updatedb - update a file name database
- xargs - build and execute command lines from standard input
GNU find has several enhancements over the stock find.
Notable improvements include:
- No need to specify directory (if you want current dir)
- Support for "
-print0", which prints null-terminated
names. (Useful for handling names with embedded spaces and other
special characters; see the "xargs -0" option.)
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NOTE: GNU find doesn't support the -local
option you may be used to in IRIX. Use -mount
instead.
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For more details check the respective command man pages
or the GNU info (find.info*) documentation
that is included in this distribution.
The GNU
findutils home page has more information.
To auto-install this package, go back and click on the respective install icon.
