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.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY | .\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY | ||||
.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF | .\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF | ||||
.\" SUCH DAMAGE. | .\" SUCH DAMAGE. | ||||
.\" | .\" | ||||
.\" @(#)find.1 8.7 (Berkeley) 5/9/95 | .\" @(#)find.1 8.7 (Berkeley) 5/9/95 | ||||
.\" $FreeBSD$ | .\" $FreeBSD$ | ||||
.\" | .\" | ||||
.Dd February 23, 2021 | .Dd March 7, 2021 | ||||
.Dt FIND 1 | .Dt FIND 1 | ||||
.Os | .Os | ||||
.Sh NAME | .Sh NAME | ||||
.Nm find | .Nm find | ||||
.Nd walk a file hierarchy | .Nd walk a file hierarchy | ||||
.Sh SYNOPSIS | .Sh SYNOPSIS | ||||
.Nm | .Nm | ||||
.Op Fl H | Fl L | Fl P | .Op Fl H | Fl L | Fl P | ||||
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The | The | ||||
.Fl E | .Fl E | ||||
option was inspired by the equivalent | option was inspired by the equivalent | ||||
.Xr grep 1 | .Xr grep 1 | ||||
and | and | ||||
.Xr sed 1 | .Xr sed 1 | ||||
options. | options. | ||||
.Sh HISTORY | .Sh HISTORY | ||||
A | A simple | ||||
.Nm | .Nm | ||||
command appeared in | command appeared in | ||||
.At v1 . | .At v1 | ||||
and was removed in | |||||
.At v3 . | |||||
A new | |||||
.Nm | |||||
command was written for the Programmer's Workbench (PWB) | |||||
and appeared in | |||||
.At v5 . | |||||
It was rewritten for | |||||
.Bx 4.3 Reno . | |||||
.Sh BUGS | .Sh BUGS | ||||
The special characters used by | The special characters used by | ||||
.Nm | .Nm | ||||
are also special characters to many shell programs. | are also special characters to many shell programs. | ||||
In particular, the characters | In particular, the characters | ||||
.Dq Li * , | .Dq Li * , | ||||
.Dq Li \&[ , | .Dq Li \&[ , | ||||
.Dq Li \&] , | .Dq Li \&] , | ||||
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