(find.info)Invoking find

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8.1 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

Warning Messages

Optimisation Options

Debug Options

Find Expressions