Date: Mon, 19 Oct 1998 21:58:40 -0700 (PDT) From: "Jason C. Wells" <jcwells@u.washington.edu> To: FreeBSD-questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Getting 'find' to stop finding Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9810192148250.20681-100000@s8-37-26.student.washington.edu>
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I am writing a little shell script. I would like 'find' to stop searching after it finds it's first match. I don't see any incantation in 'man find' that can do this. Specifically, I am iterating on this command several-teen times and it is taking WAAAY too long. :) find /usr/ports -name SomeInstalledPort -type d cp -R /usr/ports/SomeInstalledPort SomeVeryCoolDir What can I use to do the same function as 'find' that will stop searching after a match? Catchya Later, | UW Mechanical Engineering Jason Wells | http://weber.u.washington.edu/~jcwells/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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