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Old 07-02-2009
it seems all the comand lines you give me are not working :-(
I found this on a linux machine : -quit parameter for find.
This is the result I'd like to get :

ls -l
drwxrwxr-x 2 usr grp 96 2009-07-02 16:06 .
drwxr-xr-x 27 usr grp 8192 2009-07-02 16:06 ..
-rw-rw-r-- 1 usr grp 0 2009-07-02 16:06 1.txt
-rw-rw-r-- 1 usr grp 0 2009-07-02 16:06 2.doc
-rw-rw-r-- 1 usr grp 0 2009-07-02 16:06 3.txt
-rw-rw-r-- 1 usr grp 0 2009-07-02 16:06 4.doc

server:/home/usr/test>find . -name '*.doc' -print -quit

./2.doc
server:/home/usr/test>
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dh_systemd_start - start/stop/restart systemd unit files SYNOPSIS
dh_systemd_start [debhelperoptions] [--restart-after-upgrade] [--no-stop-on-upgrade] [unitfile...] DESCRIPTION
dh_systemd_start is a debhelper program that is responsible for starting/stopping or restarting systemd unit files in case no corresponding sysv init script is available. As with dh_installinit, the unit file is stopped before upgrades and started afterwards (unless --restart-after-upgrade is specified, in which case it will only be restarted after the upgrade). This logic is not used when there is a corresponding SysV init script because invoke-rc.d performs the stop/start/restart in that case. OPTIONS
--restart-after-upgrade Do not stop the unit file until after the package upgrade has been completed. This is the default behaviour in compat 10. In earlier compat levels the default was to stop the unit file in the prerm, and start it again in the postinst. This can be useful for daemons that should not have a possibly long downtime during upgrade. But you should make sure that the daemon will not get confused by the package being upgraded while it's running before using this option. --no-restart-after-upgrade Undo a previous --restart-after-upgrade (or the default of compat 10). If no other options are given, this will cause the service to be stopped in the prerm script and started again in the postinst script. -r, --no-stop-on-upgrade, --no-restart-on-upgrade Do not stop service on upgrade. --no-start Do not start the unit file after upgrades and after initial installation (the latter is only relevant for services without a corresponding init script). NOTES
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