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| 131 | .IX Title "FIND2PERL 1" |
| 132 | .TH FIND2PERL 1 "2007-06-19" "perl v5.8.8" "Perl Programmers Reference Guide" |
| 133 | .SH "NAME" |
| 134 | find2perl \- translate find command lines to Perl code |
| 135 | .SH "SYNOPSIS" |
| 136 | .IX Header "SYNOPSIS" |
| 137 | .Vb 1 |
| 138 | \& find2perl [paths] [predicates] | perl |
| 139 | .Ve |
| 140 | .SH "DESCRIPTION" |
| 141 | .IX Header "DESCRIPTION" |
| 142 | find2perl is a little translator to convert find command lines to |
| 143 | equivalent Perl code. The resulting code is typically faster than |
| 144 | running find itself. |
| 145 | .PP |
| 146 | \&\*(L"paths\*(R" are a set of paths where find2perl will start its searches and |
| 147 | \&\*(L"predicates\*(R" are taken from the following list. |
| 148 | .ie n .IP """! PREDICATE""" 4 |
| 149 | .el .IP "\f(CW! PREDICATE\fR" 4 |
| 150 | .IX Item "! PREDICATE" |
| 151 | Negate the sense of the following predicate. The \f(CW\*(C`!\*(C'\fR must be passed as |
| 152 | a distinct argument, so it may need to be surrounded by whitespace and/or |
| 153 | quoted from interpretation by the shell using a backslash (just as with |
| 154 | using \f(CWfind(1)\fR). |
| 155 | .ie n .IP """( PREDICATES )""" 4 |
| 156 | .el .IP "\f(CW( PREDICATES )\fR" 4 |
| 157 | .IX Item "( PREDICATES )" |
| 158 | Group the given \s-1PREDICATES\s0. The parentheses must be passed as distinct |
| 159 | arguments, so they may need to be surrounded by whitespace and/or |
| 160 | quoted from interpretation by the shell using a backslash (just as with |
| 161 | using \f(CWfind(1)\fR). |
| 162 | .ie n .IP """PREDICATE1 PREDICATE2""" 4 |
| 163 | .el .IP "\f(CWPREDICATE1 PREDICATE2\fR" 4 |
| 164 | .IX Item "PREDICATE1 PREDICATE2" |
| 165 | True if _both_ \s-1PREDICATE1\s0 and \s-1PREDICATE2\s0 are true; \s-1PREDICATE2\s0 is not |
| 166 | evaluated if \s-1PREDICATE1\s0 is false. |
| 167 | .ie n .IP """PREDICATE1 \-o PREDICATE2""" 4 |
| 168 | .el .IP "\f(CWPREDICATE1 \-o PREDICATE2\fR" 4 |
| 169 | .IX Item "PREDICATE1 -o PREDICATE2" |
| 170 | True if either one of \s-1PREDICATE1\s0 or \s-1PREDICATE2\s0 is true; \s-1PREDICATE2\s0 is |
| 171 | not evaluated if \s-1PREDICATE1\s0 is true. |
| 172 | .ie n .IP """\-follow""" 4 |
| 173 | .el .IP "\f(CW\-follow\fR" 4 |
| 174 | .IX Item "-follow" |
| 175 | Follow (dereference) symlinks. The checking of file attributes depends |
| 176 | on the position of the \f(CW\*(C`\-follow\*(C'\fR option. If it precedes the file |
| 177 | check option, an \f(CW\*(C`stat\*(C'\fR is done which means the file check applies to the |
| 178 | file the symbolic link is pointing to. If \f(CW\*(C`\-follow\*(C'\fR option follows the |
| 179 | file check option, this now applies to the symbolic link itself, i.e. |
| 180 | an \f(CW\*(C`lstat\*(C'\fR is done. |
| 181 | .ie n .IP """\-depth""" 4 |
| 182 | .el .IP "\f(CW\-depth\fR" 4 |
| 183 | .IX Item "-depth" |
| 184 | Change directory traversal algorithm from breadth-first to depth\-first. |
| 185 | .ie n .IP """\-prune""" 4 |
| 186 | .el .IP "\f(CW\-prune\fR" 4 |
| 187 | .IX Item "-prune" |
| 188 | Do not descend into the directory currently matched. |
| 189 | .ie n .IP """\-xdev""" 4 |
| 190 | .el .IP "\f(CW\-xdev\fR" 4 |
| 191 | .IX Item "-xdev" |
| 192 | Do not traverse mount points (prunes search at mount-point directories). |
| 193 | .ie n .IP """\-name GLOB""" 4 |
| 194 | .el .IP "\f(CW\-name GLOB\fR" 4 |
| 195 | .IX Item "-name GLOB" |
| 196 | File name matches specified \s-1GLOB\s0 wildcard pattern. \s-1GLOB\s0 may need to be |
| 197 | quoted to avoid interpretation by the shell (just as with using |
| 198 | \&\f(CWfind(1)\fR). |
| 199 | .ie n .IP """\-iname GLOB""" 4 |
| 200 | .el .IP "\f(CW\-iname GLOB\fR" 4 |
| 201 | .IX Item "-iname GLOB" |
| 202 | Like \f(CW\*(C`\-name\*(C'\fR, but the match is case insensitive. |
| 203 | .ie n .IP """\-path GLOB""" 4 |
| 204 | .el .IP "\f(CW\-path GLOB\fR" 4 |
| 205 | .IX Item "-path GLOB" |
| 206 | Path name matches specified \s-1GLOB\s0 wildcard pattern. |
| 207 | .ie n .IP """\-ipath GLOB""" 4 |
| 208 | .el .IP "\f(CW\-ipath GLOB\fR" 4 |
| 209 | .IX Item "-ipath GLOB" |
| 210 | Like \f(CW\*(C`\-path\*(C'\fR, but the match is case insensitive. |
| 211 | .ie n .IP """\-perm PERM""" 4 |
| 212 | .el .IP "\f(CW\-perm PERM\fR" 4 |
| 213 | .IX Item "-perm PERM" |
| 214 | Low-order 9 bits of permission match octal value \s-1PERM\s0. |
| 215 | .ie n .IP """\-perm \-PERM""" 4 |
| 216 | .el .IP "\f(CW\-perm \-PERM\fR" 4 |
| 217 | .IX Item "-perm -PERM" |
| 218 | The bits specified in \s-1PERM\s0 are all set in file's permissions. |
| 219 | .ie n .IP """\-type X""" 4 |
| 220 | .el .IP "\f(CW\-type X\fR" 4 |
| 221 | .IX Item "-type X" |
| 222 | The file's type matches perl's \f(CW\*(C`\-X\*(C'\fR operator. |
| 223 | .ie n .IP """\-fstype TYPE""" 4 |
| 224 | .el .IP "\f(CW\-fstype TYPE\fR" 4 |
| 225 | .IX Item "-fstype TYPE" |
| 226 | Filesystem of current path is of type \s-1TYPE\s0 (only NFS/non\-NFS distinction |
| 227 | is implemented). |
| 228 | .ie n .IP """\-user USER""" 4 |
| 229 | .el .IP "\f(CW\-user USER\fR" 4 |
| 230 | .IX Item "-user USER" |
| 231 | True if \s-1USER\s0 is owner of file. |
| 232 | .ie n .IP """\-group GROUP""" 4 |
| 233 | .el .IP "\f(CW\-group GROUP\fR" 4 |
| 234 | .IX Item "-group GROUP" |
| 235 | True if file's group is \s-1GROUP\s0. |
| 236 | .ie n .IP """\-nouser""" 4 |
| 237 | .el .IP "\f(CW\-nouser\fR" 4 |
| 238 | .IX Item "-nouser" |
| 239 | True if file's owner is not in password database. |
| 240 | .ie n .IP """\-nogroup""" 4 |
| 241 | .el .IP "\f(CW\-nogroup\fR" 4 |
| 242 | .IX Item "-nogroup" |
| 243 | True if file's group is not in group database. |
| 244 | .ie n .IP """\-inum INUM""" 4 |
| 245 | .el .IP "\f(CW\-inum INUM\fR" 4 |
| 246 | .IX Item "-inum INUM" |
| 247 | True file's inode number is \s-1INUM\s0. |
| 248 | .ie n .IP """\-links N""" 4 |
| 249 | .el .IP "\f(CW\-links N\fR" 4 |
| 250 | .IX Item "-links N" |
| 251 | True if (hard) link count of file matches N (see below). |
| 252 | .ie n .IP """\-size N""" 4 |
| 253 | .el .IP "\f(CW\-size N\fR" 4 |
| 254 | .IX Item "-size N" |
| 255 | True if file's size matches N (see below) N is normally counted in |
| 256 | 512\-byte blocks, but a suffix of \*(L"c\*(R" specifies that size should be |
| 257 | counted in characters (bytes) and a suffix of \*(L"k\*(R" specifes that |
| 258 | size should be counted in 1024\-byte blocks. |
| 259 | .ie n .IP """\-atime N""" 4 |
| 260 | .el .IP "\f(CW\-atime N\fR" 4 |
| 261 | .IX Item "-atime N" |
| 262 | True if last-access time of file matches N (measured in days) (see |
| 263 | below). |
| 264 | .ie n .IP """\-ctime N""" 4 |
| 265 | .el .IP "\f(CW\-ctime N\fR" 4 |
| 266 | .IX Item "-ctime N" |
| 267 | True if last-changed time of file's inode matches N (measured in days, |
| 268 | see below). |
| 269 | .ie n .IP """\-mtime N""" 4 |
| 270 | .el .IP "\f(CW\-mtime N\fR" 4 |
| 271 | .IX Item "-mtime N" |
| 272 | True if last-modified time of file matches N (measured in days, see below). |
| 273 | .ie n .IP """\-newer FILE""" 4 |
| 274 | .el .IP "\f(CW\-newer FILE\fR" 4 |
| 275 | .IX Item "-newer FILE" |
| 276 | True if last-modified time of file matches N. |
| 277 | .ie n .IP """\-print""" 4 |
| 278 | .el .IP "\f(CW\-print\fR" 4 |
| 279 | .IX Item "-print" |
| 280 | Print out path of file (always true). If none of \f(CW\*(C`\-exec\*(C'\fR, \f(CW\*(C`\-ls\*(C'\fR, |
| 281 | \&\f(CW\*(C`\-print0\*(C'\fR, or \f(CW\*(C`\-ok\*(C'\fR is specified, then \f(CW\*(C`\-print\*(C'\fR will be added |
| 282 | implicitly. |
| 283 | .ie n .IP """\-print0""" 4 |
| 284 | .el .IP "\f(CW\-print0\fR" 4 |
| 285 | .IX Item "-print0" |
| 286 | Like \-print, but terminates with \e0 instead of \en. |
| 287 | .ie n .IP """\-exec OPTIONS ;""" 4 |
| 288 | .el .IP "\f(CW\-exec OPTIONS ;\fR" 4 |
| 289 | .IX Item "-exec OPTIONS ;" |
| 290 | \&\fIexec()\fR the arguments in \s-1OPTIONS\s0 in a subprocess; any occurrence of {} in |
| 291 | \&\s-1OPTIONS\s0 will first be substituted with the path of the current |
| 292 | file. Note that the command \*(L"rm\*(R" has been special-cased to use perl's |
| 293 | \&\fIunlink()\fR function instead (as an optimization). The \f(CW\*(C`;\*(C'\fR must be passed as |
| 294 | a distinct argument, so it may need to be surrounded by whitespace and/or |
| 295 | quoted from interpretation by the shell using a backslash (just as with |
| 296 | using \f(CWfind(1)\fR). |
| 297 | .ie n .IP """\-ok OPTIONS ;""" 4 |
| 298 | .el .IP "\f(CW\-ok OPTIONS ;\fR" 4 |
| 299 | .IX Item "-ok OPTIONS ;" |
| 300 | Like \-exec, but first prompts user; if user's response does not begin |
| 301 | with a y, skip the exec. The \f(CW\*(C`;\*(C'\fR must be passed as |
| 302 | a distinct argument, so it may need to be surrounded by whitespace and/or |
| 303 | quoted from interpretation by the shell using a backslash (just as with |
| 304 | using \f(CWfind(1)\fR). |
| 305 | .ie n .IP """\-eval EXPR""" 4 |
| 306 | .el .IP "\f(CW\-eval EXPR\fR" 4 |
| 307 | .IX Item "-eval EXPR" |
| 308 | Has the perl script \fIeval()\fR the \s-1EXPR\s0. |
| 309 | .ie n .IP """\-ls""" 4 |
| 310 | .el .IP "\f(CW\-ls\fR" 4 |
| 311 | .IX Item "-ls" |
| 312 | Simulates \f(CW\*(C`\-exec ls \-dils {} ;\*(C'\fR |
| 313 | .ie n .IP """\-tar FILE""" 4 |
| 314 | .el .IP "\f(CW\-tar FILE\fR" 4 |
| 315 | .IX Item "-tar FILE" |
| 316 | Adds current output to tar-format \s-1FILE\s0. |
| 317 | .ie n .IP """\-cpio FILE""" 4 |
| 318 | .el .IP "\f(CW\-cpio FILE\fR" 4 |
| 319 | .IX Item "-cpio FILE" |
| 320 | Adds current output to old-style cpio-format \s-1FILE\s0. |
| 321 | .ie n .IP """\-ncpio FILE""" 4 |
| 322 | .el .IP "\f(CW\-ncpio FILE\fR" 4 |
| 323 | .IX Item "-ncpio FILE" |
| 324 | Adds current output to \*(L"new\*(R"\-style cpio-format \s-1FILE\s0. |
| 325 | .PP |
| 326 | Predicates which take a numeric argument N can come in three forms: |
| 327 | .PP |
| 328 | .Vb 3 |
| 329 | \& * N is prefixed with a +: match values greater than N |
| 330 | \& * N is prefixed with a -: match values less than N |
| 331 | \& * N is not prefixed with either + or -: match only values equal to N |
| 332 | .Ve |
| 333 | .SH "SEE ALSO" |
| 334 | .IX Header "SEE ALSO" |
| 335 | find |