This manual shows how to find files that meet criteria you specify,
and how to perform various actions on the files that you find. The
principal programs that you use to perform these tasks are
find, locate, and xargs. Some of the examples in
this manual use capabilities specific to the GNU versions of those
programs.
See History for a history of find, locate and
xargs. The current maintainers of GNU findutils (and this
manual) are Bernhard Voelker and James Youngman. Many other people
have contributed bug fixes, small improvements, and helpful
suggestions. Thanks!
To report a bug in GNU findutils, please use the form on the Savannah
web site at
https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?group=findutils. Reporting bugs
this way means that you will then be able to track progress in fixing
the problem.
If you don’t have web access, you can also just send mail to the mailing list. The mailing list bug-findutils@gnu.org carries discussion of bugs in findutils, questions and answers about the software and discussion of the development of the programs. To join the list, send email to bug-findutils-request@gnu.org.
Please read any relevant sections of this manual before asking for
help on the mailing list. You may also find it helpful to read the
NON-BUGS section of the find manual page.
If you ask for help on the mailing list, people will be able to help you much more effectively if you include the following things:
It may also be the case that the bug you are describing has already been fixed, if it is a bug. Please check the most recent findutils releases at ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/findutils and, if possible, the development branch at ftp://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/findutils. If you take the time to check that your bug still exists in current releases, this will greatly help people who want to help you solve your problem. Please also be aware that if you obtained findutils as part of the GNU/Linux ’distribution’, the distributions often lag seriously behind findutils releases, even the stable release. Please check the GNU FTP site.