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7.1 Invoking `find'
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     find [-H] [-L] [-P] [-D DEBUGOPTIONS] [-OLEVEL] [FILE...] [EXPRESSION]

   `find' searches the directory tree rooted at each file name FILE by
evaluating the EXPRESSION on each file it finds in the tree.

   The command line may begin with the `-H', `-L', `-P', `-D' and `-O'
options.  These are followed by a list of files or directories that
should be searched.  If no files to search are specified, the current
directory (`.') is used.

   This list of files to search is followed by a list of expressions
describing the files we wish to search for.  The first part of the
expression is recognised by the fact that it begins with `-' followed
by some other letters (for example `-print'), or is either `(' or `!'.
Any arguments after it are the rest of the expression.

   If no expression is given, the expression `-print' is used.

   The `find' command exits with status zero if all files matched are
processed successfully, greater than zero if errors occur.

   The `find' program also recognises two options for administrative
use:

`--help'
     Print a summary of the command line usage and exit.

`--version'
     Print the version number of `find' and exit.

   The `-version' option is a synonym for `--version'

Filesystem Traversal Options

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