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authorTodd C. Miller <millert@cvs.openbsd.org>2004-01-23 19:38:14 +0000
committerTodd C. Miller <millert@cvs.openbsd.org>2004-01-23 19:38:14 +0000
commitea9ed6050d3c1b741ea22dc902f39da988850f00 (patch)
tree3f2da8de6f9cd9721992c63f63fb44bb2ba74b37 /usr.bin/find/find.1
parent14b380ab2294ad85931e1cf6bc0e3dce5a895450 (diff)
Clarify find -X and Xr xargs(1). Based on a diff from and OK by jmc@
Diffstat (limited to 'usr.bin/find/find.1')
-rw-r--r--usr.bin/find/find.112
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/usr.bin/find/find.1 b/usr.bin/find/find.1
index fefa79ed351..48fd79a2008 100644
--- a/usr.bin/find/find.1
+++ b/usr.bin/find/find.1
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $OpenBSD: find.1,v 1.40 2003/09/02 18:50:06 jmc Exp $
+.\" $OpenBSD: find.1,v 1.41 2004/01/23 19:38:13 millert Exp $
.\" Copyright (c) 1990, 1993
.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
.\"
@@ -118,12 +118,13 @@ quotes, backslash
space, tab, and newline
.Pq Sq \en
characters.
-As an alternative, the
+Alternatively, the
.Fl print0
-function may be used safely in conjunction with the
+primary may be used in conjunction with the
.Fl 0
-argument to
-.Xr xargs 1 .
+option to
+.Xr xargs 1 ,
+allowing all file names to be processed safely.
.It Fl x
Prevents
.Nm
@@ -523,6 +524,7 @@ Print out a list of all core files on local file systems.
.Xr locate 1 ,
.Xr whereis 1 ,
.Xr which 1 ,
+.Xr xargs 1 ,
.Xr stat 2 ,
.Xr fts 3 ,
.Xr getgrent 3 ,