Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!husc6!hao!boulder!sunybcs!rutgers!clyde!cbosgd!osu-cis!dsacg1!dlag1!fm06222 From: fm06222@dlag1.UUCP (Bill Wallace) Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions Subject: Re: Finding Files Message-ID: <91@dlag1.UUCP> Date: 10 Dec 87 14:37:30 GMT References: <205700003@prism> Organization: HQ Defense Logistics Agency/DASC, Cameron Station, VA Lines: 24 Summary: Using Find database In article <205700003@prism>, billc@prism.UUCP writes: > > alias where "find \$cwd -name \!* -exec echo {} \;" > > Question: Is there a better way to do this? On our copy of Unix (Gould UTX/32 - basically a BSD 4.3 clone) we have the option of establishing a database for find. There's a script that we run out of crontab in the middle of the night to update the database daily, so the results are usually good enough. The command is simple: findand so doesn't really need an alias. Note, unlike the -name option, a search is made on any occurrence of the string - not just an exact match of the name. This is both useful and frustrating. A single "find core" will help the systems administrator clean up disk space, but you'd better pipe the output from "find alais" to more. (or less) -- * Bill Wallace {seismo!gould,cbosgd!osu-cis}!dsacg1!dlag1!bwallace * * Administrative Support Center (DASC-ZWC) phone (202) 274-9336 * * Cameron Station Room 4C652 Autovon 284-9336 * * Alexandria, VA 22304 *