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find(1)

perl(1)



find2perl(1)                   DG/UX R4.11MU05                  find2perl(1)


NAME
       find2perl - find to perl translator

SYNOPSIS
       find2perl path-name-list expression

   where:
       path-name-list
              blank-separated list of path names.
       expression
              a valid find(1) boolean expression.

DESCRIPTION
       The find2perl command takes as input find command line arguments.  It
       produces a comparable perl script on the standard output.

EXAMPLES
       $ find2perl / -name core -print

       The above command will produce the following on standard output:

            #!/usr/bin/perl

            eval 'exec /usr/bin/perl -S $0 ${1+"$@"}'
                    if $running_under_some_shell;

            require "finddepth.pl";

            # Traverse desired filesystems

            &finddepth('/');

            exit;

            sub wanted {
                /^core$/ &&
                print("$name0);
            }

       $ find2perl . -perm 0777 -print | perl

       The above command will display all files in the current directory
       having permission 0777.

DIAGNOSTICS
       Exit status is 0 on success, -1 otherwise.

SEE ALSO
       find(1), perl(1).

NOTE
       find2perl does not support -local as an expression argument.


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