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From: "Barry Byrne" <barry.byrne@wbtsystems.com>
To: "David Ouyang" <ntusnet@yahoo.com>,
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Subject: RE: File size get out of control
Date: Tue, 1 Oct 2002 17:58:45 +0100
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David:

You might want to put some white space in:

	find / -size `expr 10 \* 1024 \* 2` -print

Also, be aware that the -size option expects 512 byte blocks. If you a
looking for a size in bytes, append a 'c'. e.g.:

	find / -size `expr 10 \* 1024 \* 2`c -print

 - Barry

> From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
> [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of David Ouyang

> I try use find to find files larger then 10mb:
>
> find . -size +'expr 10\*1024\*2' -print
>
> but I get error msg:
>
> find:invalid argment '+expr 10\*1024\*2 to '-size'
>
>
> so what is correct command pramater to find?
> also am i being hacked, if so how can i check?
>
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
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