Date: Tue, 24 Sep 2002 21:15:13 -0300 (ART) From: Fernando Gleiser <fgleiser@cactus.fi.uba.ar> To: Peter Leftwich <Hostmaster@Video2Video.Com> Cc: FreeBSD LIST <FreeBSD-Questions@FreeBSD.Org> Subject: Re: how to find executable files Message-ID: <20020924211240.O59093-100000@cactus.fi.uba.ar> In-Reply-To: <20020924191230.B66173-100000@earl-grey.cloud9.net>
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On Tue, 24 Sep 2002, Peter Leftwich wrote: > Two questions, first is why doesn't this work, or is there a flag I can use > with "ls?" > > # find . -type f -perm +x > find: -perm: x: illegal mode string > # find . -type f -perm +x -print > find: -perm: x: illegal mode string You need to use the octal mode: # find . -type f -perm +100 for the files executable for their owner. man find for details. > > Question II: Is find always recursive (through subdirectories) or can this > be limited to x levels down? Thanks. man find. look for the maxdepth and mindepth flags. Fer > > -- > Peter Leftwich > President & Founder > Video2Video Services > Box 13692, La Jolla, CA, 92039 USA > +1-413-403-9555 > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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