m readme + implement -0

Signed-off-by: Mattias Andrée <maandree@operamail.com>

2 files changed, 8 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/README b/README
index d0f6ef6..bf0c6a5 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -16,9 +16,13 @@ symlinks points, and directories will never
 be revisited. Visited directories will be
 memorised by absolute real path name.
 
-With --visible not files starting with a dot
+With --visible no files starting with a dot
 will be listed.
 
+With --print0 a NUL (\0) character will be
+printed at end of file names rather than
+a LF (\n).
+
 
 Short option alternatives:
 
diff --git a/src/bfind.py b/src/bfind.py
index bb8e3af..6dc67d9 100755
--- a/src/bfind.py
+++ b/src/bfind.py
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ xdev = False
 hardlinks = False
 symlinks = False
 visible = False
+ending = '\n'.encode('utf-8')
 path = ''
 
 for arg in sys.argv[1:]:
@@ -35,6 +36,7 @@ for arg in sys.argv[1:]:
         if arg == '--hardlinks' or (arg[:2] != '--' and 'h' in arg):  hardlinks = True
         if arg == '--symlinks'  or (arg[:2] != '--' and 's' in arg):  symlinks  = True
         if arg == '--visible'   or (arg[:2] != '--' and 'v' in arg):  visible   = True
+        if arg == '--print0'    or (arg[:2] != '--' and '0' in arg):  ending    = '\0'.encode('utf-8')
 
 visited_name = set()
 visited_id = set()
@@ -65,6 +67,7 @@ while len(queue) > 0:
         if os.stat(path).st_dev != start_dev: # TODO make sure there is not symlinking problems
             continue
     sys.stdout.buffer.write(path.encode('utf-8'))
+    sys.stdout.buffer.write(ending)
     sys.stdout.buffer.flush()
     if os.path.isdir(path) and (symlinks or not os.path.islink(path)):
         for subd in os.listdir(path):