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GNU find clarifications [was: Re: [ale] bash script]
- Subject: GNU find clarifications [was: Re: [ale] bash script]
- From: dkg at fifthhorseman.net (Daniel Kahn Gillmor)
- Date: Tue Sep 11 13:14:17 2007
- In-reply-to: <[email protected]> (Daniel Kahn Gillmor's message of "Tue\, 11 Sep 2007 12\:27\:10 -0400")
- References: <[email protected]> <[email protected]>
On Tue 2007-09-11 12:27:10 -0400, Daniel Kahn Gillmor wrote:
> * you can test this command by replacing -delete with -print, if you
> like.
ah, i should say, replace -delete with -print -depth, since -delete
implies -depth while -print does not.
you shouldn't see any difference (except the ordering), but if your
find instructions get more complicated, you could really get bitten by
this [0].
sorry for not getting that right the first time,
--dkg
[0] https://www.debian-administration.org/users/Steve/weblog/176#comment_10
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- From: marvin.higginbottom at gmail.com (Marvin, International Martian of Mystery)
- [ale] bash script
- From: dkg at fifthhorseman.net (Daniel Kahn Gillmor)