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find: manpage quoting fixes, including fixing missing quotes on "*~"
* find/find.1: quoting fixes; be consistent about quoting "!" (it's likely not necessary in most places, but the previous inconsistent approach was no more correct). Use \(dq instead of just ", where we specifically need a double quote. This fixes a quoting bug in which troff rendered "*~" as *~, presumably because the "" was being eaten by macro argument processing. We use \(aq to ensure that quotes qre rendered correctly where double quotes is needed, and `these quotes' where they are not.
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@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ If you are using
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.B find
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in an environment where security is important (for example if you are
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using it to search directories that are writable by other users), you
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should read the "Security Considerations" chapter of the findutils
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should read the `Security Considerations' chapter of the findutils
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documentation, which is called \fBFinding Files\fP and comes with
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findutils. That document also includes a lot more detail
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and discussion than this manual page, so you may find it a more useful
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@ -785,7 +785,7 @@ File name matches shell pattern \fIpattern\fR. The metacharacters do
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not treat `/' or `.' specially; so, for example,
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.br
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.in +1i
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find . \-path "./sr*sc"
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find . \-path \(dq./sr*sc\(dq
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.br
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.in -1i
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will print an entry for a directory called `./src/misc' (if one
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@ -1076,8 +1076,12 @@ command will be much less than the number of matched files. The
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command line is built in much the same way that
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.B xargs
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builds its command lines. Only one instance of `{}' is allowed within
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the command. The command is executed in the starting directory. If
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any invocation returns a non-zero value as exit status, then
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the command, and (when
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.B find
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is being invoked from a shell) it should be quoted (for
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example, \(aq{}\(aq) to protect it from interpretation by shells. The
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command is executed in the starting directory. If any invocation
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returns a non-zero value as exit status, then
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.B find
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returns a non-zero exit status. If
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.B find
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@ -1095,6 +1099,8 @@ but the specified command is run from the subdirectory
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containing the matched file, which is not normally the directory in
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which you started
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.BR find .
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As with \-exec, the {} should be quoted if find is being invoked from
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a shell.
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This a much more secure method for invoking commands, as it avoids
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race conditions during resolution of the paths to the matched files.
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As with the
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@ -1395,7 +1401,7 @@ File's numeric group ID.
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.IP %h
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Leading directories of file's name (all but the last element).
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If the file name contains no slashes (since it is in the current
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directory) the %h specifier expands to ".".
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directory) the %h specifier expands to `.'.
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.IP %H
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Starting-point under which file was found.
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.IP %i
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@ -1534,7 +1540,9 @@ Same as ! \fIexpr\fR, but not POSIX compliant.
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.IP "\fIexpr1 expr2\fR"
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Two expressions in a row are taken to be joined with an
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implied "and"; \fIexpr2\fR is not evaluated if \fIexpr1\fR is false.
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implied
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.BR \-a ;
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\fIexpr2\fR is not evaluated if \fIexpr1\fR is false.
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.IP "\fIexpr1\fR \-a \fIexpr2\fR"
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Same as \fIexpr1 expr2\fR.
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@ -1591,7 +1599,7 @@ going to a terminal.
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.IP "\-ls, \-fls"
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Unusual characters are always escaped. White space, backslash, and
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double quote characters are printed using C-style escaping (for
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example `\ef', `\e"'). Other unusual characters are printed using an
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example `\ef', `\e\(dq'). Other unusual characters are printed using an
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octal escape. Other printable characters (for
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.B \-ls
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and
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@ -1667,7 +1675,7 @@ comma-separated list.
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.IP \fB\-ok\fR
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Supported.
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Interpretation of the response is according to the "yes" and "no"
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Interpretation of the response is according to the `yes' and `no'
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patterns selected by setting the `LC_MESSAGES' environment variable.
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When the `POSIXLY_CORRECT' environment variable is set, these patterns
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are taken system's definition of a positive (yes) or negative (no)
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@ -2013,8 +2021,8 @@ writable by both their owner and their group.
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.P
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.nf
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.B find . \-perm \-444 \-perm /222 ! \-perm /111
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.B find . \-perm \-a+r \-perm /a+w ! \-perm /a+x
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.B find . \-perm \-444 \-perm /222 \e! \-perm /111
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.B find . \-perm \-a+r \-perm /a+w \e! \-perm /a+x
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.fi
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These two commands both search for files that are readable for
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@ -2036,7 +2044,7 @@ respectively).
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.P
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.nf
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.B cd /source-dir
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.B find . \-name .snapshot \-prune \-o \e( \e! \-name "*~" \-print0 \e)|
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.B find . \-name .snapshot \-prune \-o \e( \e! \-name \(aq*~\(aq \-print0 \e)|
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.B cpio \-pmd0 /dest-dir
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.fi
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@ -2074,7 +2082,7 @@ what is going on.
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.P
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.nf
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.B find repo/ \e( -exec test -d {}/.svn \e; -or \e
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.B find repo/ \e( -exec test -d \(aq{}\(aq/.svn \e; -or \e
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.B -exec test -d {}/.git \e; -or -exec test -d {}/CVS \e; \e) \e
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.B -print -prune
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.fi
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