On 03/25/2010 11:16 AM, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > On Thu, 2010-03-25 at 10:19 -0400, Kevin J. Cummings wrote: >> On 03/25/2010 02:45 AM, Ala1n Sp1neu8 wrote: >>> Hello >>> find /etc -size -1G >> >> Get rid of the "-" before the 1G.... >> >>> should return all files less than 1Giga byte in /etc, but return a >>> list of empty file (size=0) >>> >>> find /etc -size -2G >>> >>> work fine and return all the files >>> >>> This works the same on my fedora11 and my centos 5 ! >>> >>> Did I miss something or is it a bug ? >> >> You missed something. B^) > >>From "info find": > > The number can be prefixed with a `+' or a `-'. A plus sign > indicates that the test should succeed if the file uses at least N > units of storage (a common use of this test) and a minus sign > indicates that the test should succeed if the file uses less than > N units of storage. There is no `=' prefix, because that's the > default anyway. > > Note that this clarification is not present in the man page find(1). So > it's either a bug in find or a bug in the documentation. When I ran the command as "-size 1G", it returned all the files less than 1GB in size (I'm not sure if /etc *has* any files greater than 1GB!) So, I agree, its either a bug in the documentation or in find. Bugzilla it! Let's hear from the developers. > poc -- Kevin J. Cummings kjchome@xxxxxxx cummings@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx cummings@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Registered Linux User #1232 (http://counter.li.org) -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
