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 451 EXAMPLES
 452        Example 1 Writing Out the Hierarchy Directory
 453 
 454 
 455        The following commands are equivalent:
 456 
 457 
 458          example% find .
 459          example% find . -print
 460 
 461 
 462 
 463 
 464        They both write out the entire directory hierarchy from the current
 465        directory.
 466 
 467 
 468        Example 2 Removing Files
 469 
 470 
 471        The following comand removes all files in your home directory named
 472        a.out or *.o that have not been accessed for a week:
 473 
 474 
 475          example% find $HOME \( -name a.out -o -name '*.o' \) \
 476                 -atime +7 -exec rm {} \;
 477 
 478 
 479 
 480        Example 3 Printing All File Names But Skipping SCCS Directories
 481 
 482 
 483        The following command recursively print all file names in the current
 484        directory and below, but skipping SCCS directories:
 485 
 486 
 487          example% find . -name SCCS -prune -o -print
 488 
 489 
 490 
 491        Example 4 Printing all file names and the SCCS directory name




 451 EXAMPLES
 452        Example 1 Writing Out the Hierarchy Directory
 453 
 454 
 455        The following commands are equivalent:
 456 
 457 
 458          example% find .
 459          example% find . -print
 460 
 461 
 462 
 463 
 464        They both write out the entire directory hierarchy from the current
 465        directory.
 466 
 467 
 468        Example 2 Removing Files
 469 
 470 
 471        The following command removes all files in your home directory named
 472        a.out or *.o that have not been accessed for a week:
 473 
 474 
 475          example% find $HOME \( -name a.out -o -name '*.o' \) \
 476                 -atime +7 -exec rm {} \;
 477 
 478 
 479 
 480        Example 3 Printing All File Names But Skipping SCCS Directories
 481 
 482 
 483        The following command recursively print all file names in the current
 484        directory and below, but skipping SCCS directories:
 485 
 486 
 487          example% find . -name SCCS -prune -o -print
 488 
 489 
 490 
 491        Example 4 Printing all file names and the SCCS directory name