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Findutils

http://www.gnu.org/software/findutils/findutils.html
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

Documentation

User manual included and available online from http://www.gnu.org/software/findutils/manual/find.html

Related Projects

• Fileutils
• Sfind
• Grep

This is a GNU package

Download

Download version 4.4.2 (stable)
released on 6 June 2009

Categories

• Interface:command-line
• Interface:console
• Software-development:small-specific-development-task
• Use:software-development

Licensing

License	Verified by	Verified on	Notes
GPLv2orlater	Kelly Hopkins	2454997.515 June 2009
GPLv3orlater	Kelly Hopkins	2454997.515 June 2009

Leaders and contributors

Contact(s)	Role
James Youngman	Maintainer
Andreas Schwab	Contributor
Jesus Bravo Alvarez	Contributor
John David Anglin	Contributor
Jonathan R. Ferro	Contributor
Mark Kettenis	Contributor
Paul Slootman	Contributor
Stephane Barizien	Contributor

Resources and communication

Audience	Resource type	URI
Bug Tracking	E-mail	mailto:bug-findutils@gnu.org
Bug Tracking	VCS Repository Webview	http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?group=findutils

Software prerequisites

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This entry (in part or in whole) was last reviewed on 22 April 2009.

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