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From: exodus@cheers.UUCP (Greg Onufer)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re: cleanup script needed
Message-ID: <238@cheers.UUCP>
Date: 10 May 89 06:08:56 GMT
References: <19510@adm.BRL.MIL>
Organization: Cheers Bar & Grill
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In article <19510@adm.BRL.MIL>, drears@PICA.ARMY.MIL (Dennis G. Rears (FSAC)) writes:
>   /bin/find DIR -name "filename" -exec ls -l {} \;
> 
>    This will do it.  This will give the full path name.

Ouch!  Too much processor time is being wasted!

Try:

	find DIR -name 'filename' -print  

to get just the pathname, or:

	find DIR -name 'filename' -ls

To get a directory listing (is the -ls flag standard or just a 
SunOS'ism?).

Find is one of the most powerful Unix utilities, but has too many
command-line switches!  This causes it to be mis-used or never-used
by a lot of people who really need such a utility.

-greg