Re: [PLUG] "find" command troubles

[JP Vossen <jp@jpsdomain.org>]

On 04/15/2014 02:52 PM, brent timothy saner wrote:
[...]
> You can leave off the "-exec ls" part if you just want a list. :)
> (you can also do -exec ls -l '{}' \; to repeat your two steps into one)
[...]
> find /mnt/backup/ -type f -mtime "+3" [-exec ls -l '{}' \;]
>
> The stuff in [] is optional, of course. (leave out the [] if you
> actually want to include it)

Depending on your goal you may want to avoid using -exec if you can, 
since IIRC it will basically spawn a sub-shell per iteration.  That can 
quickly become a lot of overhead if you 'find' a lot of files.  OTOH, 
that can also be exactly what you need if you need to process them one 
at a time or something.  YMMV.

If all you want is 'ls -l' sort of output, look at the find "-ls" 
option, which is not the same format, but...  If you require either 'ls 
-l' or some other specific format, look at 'find ... -printf' and build 
your own.  Like:

# "CCYY-MM-DD HH:MM {tab} size {tab} path" sorted by path:
find . -type f -printf '%TY-%Tm-%Td %TH:%TM\t%s\t%p\n' \
 | sort -t'	' -k3,3

Later,
JP
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