[ale] find + ls commands: commentary [was: Bash script]

[Bob Toxen]

Introduced in 2005 so new then; I've been using find since 1975.

Bob

 I build the system in about 2000 I did "mkdir ~/man;man find >
 ~/man/find" so my reference copy is a bit out of date.  Oops.
 Security patches, much more recent.
 
 Tahn, thanks.
 
 Bob

 On Tue, Apr 15, 2025 at 12:30:55PM -0700, Ron via Ale wrote:
> Bob Toxen via Ale wrote on 2025-04-14 18:59:
> 
> > WOW!
> > 
> > find . -exec something \+
> >                         ^^
> > 
> > Never heard of it!
> 
> This is my favourite thing about LUGs - learning of some tool or option
> that's been there all along that I wasn't aware of. I love when that
> happens.
> 
> 
> > Not in "man find" on any system of mine, except my
> > newest,
> 
> That's odd, I've been using it for ages. I wonder when it was introduced?
> 
> 
> Another new option discovery: `apt changelog findutils` shows it from 2005:
> 
> > - find supports -exec ... {} +
> > findutils (4.2.14-1) experimental; urgency=low
> > -- Andreas Metzler <ametzler at debian.org>  Tue, 25 Jan 2005 11:40:21 +0100
> 
> 
> 
> 
> The man page is kinda opaque, searching `man find` for "  -exec" gives:
> 
> > -exec command ;
> > ...
> 
> Then, the NEXT hit gives:
> 
> > -exec command {} +
> > ...
> 
> So, it's possible to overlook the second entry. (And, why doesn't the first
> entry include the {} ?)
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Further along are these:
> 
> > -execdir command ;
> >
> > -execdir command {} +
> 
> I was either unaware or had forgotten about these - they could be really
> handy for something like generating hashes meant to exist in same directory
> as the hashed file, etc.
> 
> 
> I'll be looking for opportunities to try these.
> 
> New knowledge, awesome!
> 
> 
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