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