Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!uakari.primate.wisc.edu!aplcen!boingo.med.jhu.edu!haven.umd.edu!mimsy!mojo!mojo!djm From: djm@eng.umd.edu (David J. MacKenzie) Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions Subject: Re: Do you use find command? Message-ID: Date: 17 May 91 15:37:26 GMT References: <2570005@hpcc01.HP.COM> <1991May17.125949.27766@cbnewsl.att.com> Sender: news@eng.umd.edu (C-News) Distribution: usa Organization: Project GLUE, University of Maryland Lines: 14 In-Reply-To: urban@cbnewsl.att.com's message of 17 May 91 12:59:49 GMT >>All the manual pages I've read recommend using -print to display >>output from find. I've found that -print is unnecessary >>on my HP-UX systems (7.0 HP-UX and later releases). For example, >> find / -user pat >>works fine. In most future Unix systems, -print will be assumed if no actions are given, because the draft POSIX 1003.2 (shell & utilities) standard requires that. In most existing systems, this feature has not been added yet, and find without an action simply goes through your directory tree producing no output and wasting CPU time. -- David J. MacKenzie