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GNU Findutils
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This file documents the GNU utilities for finding files that match
certain criteria and performing various operations on them.

   Copyright (C) 1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006,
2007 Free Software Foundation, Inc.

   Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document
under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.2 or
any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no
Invariant Sections, with no Front-Cover Texts, and with no Back-Cover
Texts.  A copy of the license is included in the section entitled "GNU
Free Documentation License."

   This file documents the GNU utilities for finding files that match
certain criteria and performing various actions on them.

   This is edition 4.4.2, for `find' version 4.4.2.

Introduction

Summary of the tasks this manual describes.

Finding Files

Finding files that match certain criteria.

Actions

Doing things to files you have found.

Databases

Maintaining file name databases.

File Permissions

How to control access to files.

Date input formats

Specifying literal times.

Reference

Summary of how to invoke the programs.

Common Tasks

Solutions to common real-world problems.

Worked Examples

Examples demonstrating more complex points.

Security Considerations

Security issues relating to findutils.

Error Messages

Explanations of some messages you might see.

GNU Free Documentation License

Copying and sharing this manual.

Primary Index

The components of `find' expressions.