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| author | Mattias Andrée <maandree@operamail.com> | 2015-11-27 13:43:01 +0100 | 
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| committer | Mattias Andrée <maandree@operamail.com> | 2015-11-27 13:43:01 +0100 | 
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Signed-off-by: Mattias Andrée <maandree@operamail.com>
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| @@ -1,49 +1,48 @@ -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)' | 
