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10 Tips for Using GNU Find
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jennifercloer
on June 7, 2010
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hernan7
on June 7, 2010
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The 3rd example has an error:
$ find -empty -type -f find: Arguments to -type should contain only one letter
Should be instead:
$ find -empty -type f
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akkartik
on June 7, 2010
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The -regextype option was new to me.
ax0n
on June 7, 2010
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that was also new to me. It also doesn't work on most of my (non-Linux) systems with their bsd-derived find.
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