2012-12-16 19:13:28 +01:00
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The GNU Find Utilities are the basic directory searching utilities
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of the GNU operating system. These programs are typically used in
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conjunction with other programs to provide modular and powerful
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directory search and file locating capabilities to other commands.
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The tools supplied with this package are:
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* find - search for files in a directory hierarchy
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* locate - list files in databases that match a pattern
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* updatedb - update a file name database
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* xargs - build and execute command lines from standard input
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