Re: GNU find: "print0" and "-type" arguments

[Alex Robbins <alexdotrobbins@gmail.com>]

On 08/01/2012 08:41 PM, Kumar Appaiah wrote:
> On Wed, Aug 01, 2012 at 07:33:35PM -0500, Alex Robbins wrote:
> > .
> > ./dir
> > This is the expected output.  However, when I execute:
> > find -print0 -type d
> > I see (on a terminal screen that does not display null characters):
> > ../dir./file
> >
> > The same goes for using "-type f".  It appears as though find
> > ignores the -type argument when the -print0 option is passed.  Isn't
> > this a bug?
> No. If you refer to the man page, it will reveal that -print0 actually
> outputs null characters instead of newlines. It is usually useful in
> conjunction with the -0 option for xargs to run commands on each file
> or directory found by find. Please read the man pages and they have
> nice examples at the bottom.
>
> Kumar
Yes, I read the man page and I know what the -print0 option is
supposed to do.  Notice, however, that when I executed "find
-print0 -type d" the output (which, we both understand, is delimited
by null characters) includes the regular file, even though I specified 
"-type d".