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Old 12-17-2017
Description of the option print0 in the command find (man page)
This is the description of the option -print0 fon the command find in the man page:
Quote:
-print0:
True; print the full file name on the standard output, followed by a null character (instead of the newline character that -print uses). This allows file names that contain newlines or other types of white space to be correctly interpreted by programs that process the find output. This option corresponds to the -0 option of xargs
What does the "True" in the first line of the description mean?
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Old 12-17-2017
These kinds of options can be either true or false. False means 'skip this file' because it fails to meet the other options requirements like age, file type... true means it doesn't change any other true/false evaluation that might have occurred on the file and if it is the only option it will always print.
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Old 12-18-2017
'False' would skip a following condition (that follows immediately or after a -a).
Example:
Code:
... -print0 -exec echo hello {} \;

The 'hello' is always done.
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Old 12-18-2017
Quote:
Originally Posted by puertas12
This is the description of the option -print0 fon the command find in the man page:


What does the "True" in the first line of the description mean?
guess it simply means that the option is set.
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