From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Aug 5 01:27:02 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4346C1065679 for ; Wed, 5 Aug 2009 01:27:02 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from glen.j.barber@gmail.com) Received: from mail-fx0-f210.google.com (mail-fx0-f210.google.com [209.85.220.210]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C935D8FC20 for ; Wed, 5 Aug 2009 01:27:01 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from glen.j.barber@gmail.com) Received: by fxm6 with SMTP id 6so2260843fxm.43 for ; Tue, 04 Aug 2009 18:27:00 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:in-reply-to:references :date:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=Jj0Djaf1pFmWkN/S2fzracZipW7xexfHP+Ogdr/PWg0=; b=xHmgXoF7Py13lLGICN6mVd08ywoawuw1anriwaUEvoaCd5FT3Icx3D95BMtHVnFN/T lWkCjg1DdH7rqa31GtPsAVqEyLdIuNEsXj64ysDHc4dJpSAODzgXXHfHYrMMIm5my7v4 8N23wPOyuajUFyX1JWRA96ZntDc3Nb3mlCOIE= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=Bo+GU381Er+t63a+0CP6ixjny5/sZXL5bKEC4opFArUQ5hyz1HXAFrq3saKPPCcadK aiSQzXyC0ulsd7U7RhqtpEQXMsRnDrZ5mvyR2z1vYD5TEnW+ctegt3Osom77ZXl3EmKG xvhPu727STiQ73z+2jTc+4mFXQSpIllGciXyc= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.223.115.12 with SMTP id g12mr3448083faq.92.1249435620741; Tue, 04 Aug 2009 18:27:00 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <70C0964126D66F458E688618E1CD008A0793F2EE@WADPEXV0.waddell.com> References: <70C0964126D66F458E688618E1CD008A0793F2EE@WADPEXV0.waddell.com> Date: Tue, 4 Aug 2009 21:27:00 -0400 Message-ID: <4ad871310908041827oa2e97dfl5efde2d54f0a7bde@mail.gmail.com> From: Glen Barber To: Gary Gatten Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: find question X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 05 Aug 2009 01:27:03 -0000 On Tue, Aug 4, 2009 at 9:19 PM, Gary Gatten wrote: > What is "-type" supposed to do? I've never used it before, never needed it. > Gary, -type allows different types of files to be located -- 'f' - regular file, 'd' - directory, 'l' - link, etc. Have a look at find(1) for more info. Regards, -- Glen Barber