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-Minimalitic `find` using breadth-first crawling.
+NAME
+ bfind - Minimalitic find using breadth-first crawling
-The entire invocation syntax is:
+SYNOPSIS
+ bfind [OPTION]... [--] [DIRECTORY]
- bfind [--xdev] [--hardlinks] [--symlinks] \
- [--visible] [--print0] [--] [DIRECTORY]
+DESCRIPTION
+ bfind is a minimalitic alternative to find(1) that is
+ designed to be efficient that locating files. To
+ accomplish this, bfind uses breadth-first crawling
+ instead of depth-first crawling.
-With --xdev crawling will not be restricted to
-one mount point.
+ bfind is only includes the bare minimum, a few options
+ for restricting the crawlspace and an option to output
+ visited files in a safe format rather than a human-friendly
+ format. bfind will never include all features of find(1)
+ because they are excessive and some other than makes not
+ since to have in the program and can be outright dangerous.
-With --hardlinks bfind will be hardlink aware
-on directories.
+OPTIONS
+ -x, --xdev
+ Do not restrict crawling to one mount point.
-With --symlinks bfind will visit directories
-symlinks points, and directories will never
-be revisited. Visited directories will be
-memorised by absolute real path name.
+ -h, --hardlinks
+ Watch out for hardlinked directories.
-With --visible no files starting with a dot
-will be listed.
+ -s, --symlinks
+ Visit symbolically linked directories, but
+ never visit the same directory twice.
-With --print0 a NUL (\0) character will be
-printed at end of file names rather than
-a LF (\n).
+ -v, --visible
+ No files starting with a dot will be listed.
+ -0, --print0
+ Terminate lines with NUL rather than LF.
-Short option alternatives:
+RATIONALE
+ While bfind is not as fast as find(1) for large
+ hierarchies, it will probably give your results faster
+ if you are looking for a file (rather than listing files),
+ because the file you are looking for is probably
+ near the directory you are searching from.
- -x --xdev
- -h --hardlinks
- -s --symlinks
- -v --visible
- -0 --print0
+SEE ALSO
+ find(1), grep(1)
- Short options can be combined
-
-
-Each line will always start with DIRECTORY.
-
-
-Why bfind? While bfind is not as fast as find*,
-it will probably give your results faster if
-you are looking for a file (not list files),
-because the file you are looking for is probably
-near the directory you are searching from.
-
-
-* For large hierarchies.
+ Full documentation available locally via: info '(bfind)'