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| -rw-r--r-- | NEWS | 3 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/find.texi | 13 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | find/find.1 | 25 |
3 files changed, 33 insertions, 8 deletions
@@ -61,6 +61,9 @@ Some minor documentation improvements are listed in "Bug Fixes" below. ** Bug Fixes +#56142: doc: fix bug #56142 by specifying which actions inhibit the + default -print. + #55272: find: improve diagnostic when -name or -iname is used with a pattern containing a directory separator ('/'), suggesting to use -wholename or -iwholename respectively. diff --git a/doc/find.texi b/doc/find.texi index 262af12a..a410b295 100644 --- a/doc/find.texi +++ b/doc/find.texi @@ -306,10 +306,15 @@ evaluated. You can omit the operator between two primaries; it defaults to @samp{-and}. @xref{Combining Primaries With Operators}, for ways to -connect primaries into more complex expressions. If the expression -contains no actions other than @samp{-prune}, @samp{-print} is -performed on all files for which the entire expression is true -(@pxref{Print File Name}). +connect primaries into more complex expressions. + +The @samp{-print} action is performed on all files for which the +entire expression is true (@pxref{Print File Name}), unless the +expression contains an action other than @samp{-prune} or +@samp{-quit}. Actions which inhibit the default @samp{-print} are +@samp{-delete}, @samp{-exec}, @samp{-execdir}, @samp{-ok}, +@samp{-okdir}, @samp{-fls}, @samp{-fprint}, @samp{-fprintf}, +@samp{-ls}, @samp{-print} and @samp{-printf}. Options take effect immediately, rather than being evaluated for each file when their place in the expression is reached. Therefore, for diff --git a/find/find.1 b/find/find.1 index 04fbbd7d..ca4b4703 100644 --- a/find/find.1 +++ b/find/find.1 @@ -358,12 +358,29 @@ include for example is assumed. .P -If the whole expression contains no actions other than -.B \-prune +The +.B \-print +action is performed on all files for which the whole expression is +true, unless it contains an action other than +.BR \-prune or -.BR \-print , +.BR \-quit . +Actions which inhibit the default .B \-print -is performed on all files for which the whole expression is true. +are +.BR \-delete , +.BR \-exec , +.BR \-execdir , +.BR \-ok , +.BR \-okdir , +.BR \-fls , +.BR \-fprint , +.BR \-fprintf , +.BR \-ls , +.BR \-print +and +.BR \-printf . + The .B \-delete |