Date: Tue, 20 Oct 1998 13:20:57 +0100 From: Brian Somers <brian@Awfulhak.org> To: "Jason C. Wells" <jcwells@u.washington.edu> Cc: FreeBSD-questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Getting 'find' to stop finding Message-ID: <199810201220.NAA08042@woof.lan.awfulhak.org> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 19 Oct 1998 21:58:40 PDT." <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? Try find /usr/ports -name SomeInstalledPort -type d | head -1 The ``find'' gets a SIGPIPE after the first line of output when `head' exits. You may want to investigate the ``make search key=whatever'' facility too. > Catchya Later, | UW Mechanical Engineering > Jason Wells | http://weber.u.washington.edu/~jcwells/ -- Brian <brian@Awfulhak.org>, <brian@FreeBSD.org>, <brian@OpenBSD.org> <http://www.Awfulhak.org>; Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour.... To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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