GNU Findutils

The program includes:

find
Finds files that match certain criteria and performs abitrary operations on them.
locate
Scans a database for file names that match a pattern
xargs
Applies a command to a list of files

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Grep, fileutils, sfind

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find, locate, xargs

Versions

4.4.2
4.4.1
4.2.31

4.2.31 stable released 2007-05-30

  • Released: 30 May, 2007
  • Code Maturity: Stable
  • Source Archive: ftp://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/findutils/findutils-4.2.31.tar.gz
  • Licenses: GPLv2orlater
  • Interfaces: Command Line, Console

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