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.
GNU find was originally written by Eric Decker, with enhancements
by David MacKenzie, Jay Plett, and Tim Wood. GNU xargs was
originally written by Mike Rendell, with enhancements by David
MacKenzie. GNU locate and its associated utilities were
originally written by James Woods, with enhancements by David MacKenzie.
The idea for `find -print0' and `xargs -0' came from Dan
Bernstein. Many other people have contributed bug fixes, small
improvements, and helpful suggestions. Thanks!
Mail suggestions and bug reports for these programs to
bug-gnu-utils@prep.ai.mit.edu. Please include the version
number, which you can get by running `find --version'.
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