Date: Fri, 22 Jul 2022 11:42:40 GMT From: Eugene Grosbein <eugen@FreeBSD.org> To: src-committers@FreeBSD.org, dev-commits-src-all@FreeBSD.org, dev-commits-src-main@FreeBSD.org Subject: git: 26a329f49fb4 - main - find.1: explain why "find -s" may differ from "find | sort" Message-ID: <202207221142.26MBgeWZ096246@gitrepo.freebsd.org>
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The branch main has been updated by eugen: URL: https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/src/commit/?id=26a329f49fb4537d598e93f16054fd9e16f7e677 commit 26a329f49fb4537d598e93f16054fd9e16f7e677 Author: Eugene Grosbein <eugen@FreeBSD.org> AuthorDate: 2022-07-22 11:39:47 +0000 Commit: Eugene Grosbein <eugen@FreeBSD.org> CommitDate: 2022-07-22 11:39:47 +0000 find.1: explain why "find -s" may differ from "find | sort" In short, that's because a directory name may end with a character that goes before slash (/). MFC after: 1 week --- usr.bin/find/find.1 | 22 +++++++++++++++++++++- 1 file changed, 21 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/usr.bin/find/find.1 b/usr.bin/find/find.1 index 72fe3c0bea06..9efb8908ee63 100644 --- a/usr.bin/find/find.1 +++ b/usr.bin/find/find.1 @@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ .\" @(#)find.1 8.7 (Berkeley) 5/9/95 .\" $FreeBSD$ .\" -.Dd November 8, 2021 +.Dd July 22, 2022 .Dt FIND 1 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -158,6 +158,26 @@ Note: and .Ql "find | sort" may give different results. +.Pp +For example, +.Ql find -s +puts a directory +.Ql Ar foo +with all its contents before a directory +.Ql Ar foo. +but +.Ql "find | sort" +puts the directory name +.Ql Ar foo. +before any string like +.Ql Ar foo/bar +because +.Ql .\& +goes before +.Ql / +in ASCII. In locales other than +.Ar C +results may vary more due to collate differences. .It Fl x Prevent .Nm
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