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‎Several matches

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Created page with "== Between dates == <syntaxhighlight lang="bash"> find / -newermt "27 Dec 2013" ! -newermt "1 Jan 2014" </syntaxhighlight>"

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== Between dates ==

<syntaxhighlight lang="bash">
find / -newermt "27 Dec 2013" ! -newermt "1 Jan 2014"
</syntaxhighlight>

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	<code>-print0</code> print the full file name on the standard output, followed by a null character (instead of the newline character that -print uses)<br />		<code>-print0</code> print the full file name on the standard output, followed by a null character (instead of the newline character that -print uses)<br />
	<code>-0</code> input items are terminated by a null character instead of by whitespace, and the quotes and backslash are not special (every character is taken literally)		<code>-0</code> input items are terminated by a null character instead of by whitespace, and the quotes and backslash are not special (every character is taken literally)
		+
		+	== For each directory, set the directory mtime to the oldest file's mtime ==
		+	<pre>
		+	oldest() { local file oldest; for file in "${1:-.}"/*; do [ "$file" -ot "$oldest" -o -z "$oldest" ] && oldest=$file; done; touch -r "$oldest" "$0";
		+	export -f oldest
		+	</pre>
		+	<syntaxhighlight lang="bash">
		+	find . -type d -exec sh -c 'oldest "$0"' {} \;
		+	</syntaxhighlight>

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 </syntaxhighlight>
 <code>-print0</code> print the full file name on the standard output, followed by a null character (instead of the newline character that -print uses)<br />
-<code>-0</code> input items are terminated by a null character instead of by whitespace, and the quotes and backslash are not special (every character is taken literally).
+<code>-0</code> input items are terminated by a null character instead of by whitespace, and the quotes and backslash are not special (every character is taken literally)

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	<code>-xdev</code> stay on the current filesystem<br />		<code>-xdev</code> stay on the current filesystem<br />
	<code>-o</code> logical OR, use parentheses for clarity - must be escaped in bash		<code>-o</code> logical OR, use parentheses for clarity - must be escaped in bash
		+
		+	== Find files and do something with each ==
		+	<syntaxhighlight lang="bash">
		+	find . -type f -print0 \| xargs -0 <command>
		+	</syntaxhighlight>
		+	<code>-print0</code> print the full file name on the standard output, followed by a null character (instead of the newline character that -print uses)<br />
		+	<code>-0</code> input items are terminated by a null character instead of by whitespace, and the quotes and backslash are not special (every character is taken literally).

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 == Several matches ==
 <syntaxhighlight lang="bash">
-find / -xdev \( -name .DS_Store -o -name ._DS_Store \)
+find / -xdev \( -name .DS_Store -o -name ._.DS_Store \)
 </syntaxhighlight>
 <code>-xdev</code> stay on the current filesystem<br />
 <code>-o</code> logical OR, use parentheses for clarity - must be escaped in bash

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	find / -newermt "27 Dec 2013" ! -newermt "1 Jan 2014"		find / -newermt "27 Dec 2013" ! -newermt "1 Jan 2014"
	</syntaxhighlight>		</syntaxhighlight>
		+	<code>-newermt</code> newer than specified modification time<br />
		+	<code>!</code> invert proceeding condition
		+
		+	== Several matches ==
		+	<syntaxhighlight lang="bash">
		+	find / -xdev \( -name .DS_Store -o -name ._DS_Store \)
		+	</syntaxhighlight>
		+	<code>-xdev</code> stay on the current filesystem<br />
		+	<code>-o</code> logical OR, use parentheses for clarity - must be escaped in bash