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Date:      Tue, 4 Aug 2009 21:27:00 -0400
From:      Glen Barber <glen.j.barber@gmail.com>
To:        Gary Gatten <Ggatten@waddell.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: find question
Message-ID:  <4ad871310908041827oa2e97dfl5efde2d54f0a7bde@mail.gmail.com>
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On Tue, Aug 4, 2009 at 9:19 PM, Gary Gatten<Ggatten@waddell.com> wrote:
> What is "-type" supposed to do? I've never used it before, never needed it.
>

Gary,

-type allows different types of files to be located -- 'f' - regular
file, 'd' - directory, 'l' - link, etc.

Have a look at find(1) for more info.

Regards,

-- 
Glen Barber



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