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8 | <sect1 id="ch-system-findutils" role="wrap"> |
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9 | <?dbhtml filename="findutils.html"?> |
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10 | |
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11 | <title>Findutils-&findutils-version;</title> |
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12 | |
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13 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-findutils"> |
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14 | <primary sortas="a-Findutils">Findutils</primary> |
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15 | </indexterm> |
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16 | |
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17 | <sect2 role="package"> |
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18 | <title/> |
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19 | |
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20 | <para>The Findutils package contains programs to find files. These programs |
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21 | are provided to recursively search through a directory tree and to |
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22 | create, maintain, and search a database (often faster than the recursive |
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23 | find, but unreliable if the database has not been recently updated).</para> |
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24 | |
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25 | <segmentedlist> |
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26 | <segtitle>&dependencies;</segtitle> |
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27 | |
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28 | <seglistitem> |
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29 | <seg>Bash, Binutils, Coreutils, DejaGNU, Diffutils, GCC, Gettext, |
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30 | Glibc, Grep, Make and Sed</seg> |
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31 | </seglistitem> |
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32 | </segmentedlist> |
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33 | |
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34 | </sect2> |
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35 | |
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36 | <sect2 role="installation"> |
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37 | <title>Installation of Findutils</title> |
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38 | |
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39 | <para os="a">Prepare Findutils for compilation:</para> |
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40 | |
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41 | <screen os="b"><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr --libexecdir=/usr/lib/locate \ |
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42 | --localstatedir=/var/lib/locate</userinput></screen> |
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43 | |
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44 | <variablelist os="c"> |
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45 | <title>The meaning of the configure options:</title> |
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46 | |
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47 | <varlistentry> |
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48 | <term><parameter>--localstatedir</parameter></term> |
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49 | <listitem> |
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50 | <para>This option changes the location of the <command>locate</command> |
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51 | database to be in <filename class="directory">/var/lib/locate</filename>, |
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52 | which is FHS-compliant.</para> |
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53 | </listitem> |
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54 | </varlistentry> |
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55 | |
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56 | </variablelist> |
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57 | |
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58 | <para os="d">Compile the package:</para> |
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59 | |
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60 | <screen os="e"><userinput>make</userinput></screen> |
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61 | |
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62 | <para os="f">To test the results, issue: |
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63 | <userinput>make check</userinput>.</para> |
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64 | |
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65 | <para os="g">Install the package:</para> |
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66 | |
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67 | <screen os="h"><userinput>make install</userinput></screen> |
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68 | |
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69 | </sect2> |
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70 | |
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71 | <sect2 id="contents-findutils" role="content"> |
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72 | <title>Contents of Findutils</title> |
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73 | |
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74 | <segmentedlist> |
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75 | <segtitle>Installed programs</segtitle> |
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76 | |
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77 | <seglistitem> |
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78 | <seg>bigram, code, find, frcode, locate, updatedb, and xargs</seg> |
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79 | </seglistitem> |
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80 | </segmentedlist> |
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81 | |
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82 | <variablelist> |
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83 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead> |
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84 | <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?> |
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85 | <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?> |
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86 | |
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87 | <varlistentry id="bigram"> |
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88 | <term><command>bigram</command></term> |
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89 | <listitem> |
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90 | <para>Was formerly used to produce <command>locate</command> |
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91 | databases</para> |
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92 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-findutils bigram"> |
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93 | <primary sortas="b-bigram">bigram</primary> |
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94 | </indexterm> |
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95 | </listitem> |
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96 | </varlistentry> |
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97 | |
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98 | <varlistentry id="code"> |
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99 | <term><command>code</command></term> |
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100 | <listitem> |
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101 | <para>Was formerly used to produce <command>locate</command> |
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102 | databases; it is the ancestor of <command>frcode</command>.</para> |
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103 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-findutils code"> |
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104 | <primary sortas="b-code">code</primary> |
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105 | </indexterm> |
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106 | </listitem> |
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107 | </varlistentry> |
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108 | |
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109 | <varlistentry id="find"> |
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110 | <term><command>find</command></term> |
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111 | <listitem> |
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112 | <para>Searches given directory trees for files matching the specified |
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113 | criteria</para> |
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114 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-findutils find"> |
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115 | <primary sortas="b-find">find</primary> |
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116 | </indexterm> |
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117 | </listitem> |
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118 | </varlistentry> |
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119 | |
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120 | <varlistentry id="frcode"> |
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121 | <term><command>frcode</command></term> |
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122 | <listitem> |
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123 | <para>Is called by <command>updatedb</command> to compress the list |
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124 | of file names; it uses front-compression, reducing the database size |
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125 | by a factor of four to five.</para> |
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126 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-findutils frcode"> |
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127 | <primary sortas="b-frcode">frcode</primary> |
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128 | </indexterm> |
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129 | </listitem> |
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130 | </varlistentry> |
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131 | |
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132 | <varlistentry id="locate"> |
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133 | <term><command>locate</command></term> |
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134 | <listitem> |
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135 | <para>Searches through a database of file names and reports the names |
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136 | that contain a given string or match a given pattern</para> |
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137 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-findutils locate"> |
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138 | <primary sortas="b-locate">locate</primary> |
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139 | </indexterm> |
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140 | </listitem> |
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141 | </varlistentry> |
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142 | |
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143 | <varlistentry id="updatedb"> |
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144 | <term><command>updatedb</command></term> |
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145 | <listitem> |
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146 | <para>Updates the <command>locate</command> database; it scans the |
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147 | entire file system (including other file systems that are currently |
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148 | mounted, unless told not to) and puts every file name it finds into |
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149 | the database</para> |
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150 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-findutils updatedb"> |
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151 | <primary sortas="b-updatedb">updatedb</primary> |
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152 | </indexterm> |
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153 | </listitem> |
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154 | </varlistentry> |
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155 | |
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156 | <varlistentry id="xargs"> |
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157 | <term><command>xargs</command></term> |
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158 | <listitem> |
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159 | <para>Can be used to apply a given command to a list of files</para> |
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160 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-findutils xargs"> |
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161 | <primary sortas="b-xargs">xargs</primary> |
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162 | </indexterm> |
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163 | </listitem> |
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164 | </varlistentry> |
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165 | |
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166 | </variablelist> |
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167 | |
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168 | </sect2> |
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169 | |
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170 | </sect1> |
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