Re: find /etc -size -1G return only empty files

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On Thu, 2010-03-25 at 14:20 -0700, Rick Stevens wrote:
> On 03/25/2010 01:57 PM, Aaron Konstam wrote:
> > On Thu, 2010-03-25 at 12:43 -0430, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:
> >> On Thu, 2010-03-25 at 13:04 -0400, Kevin J. Cummings wrote:
> >>>> 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.
> >>
> >> Are you sure? In my case it returned only the zero-length files, same as
> >> what the OP reported. This is on F12, just in case.
> >>
> >> poc
> >>
> > That is how it works for me. zero length files are not returned.
> 
> After reading all the replies to this thread, I must agree that the
> "-1G" does work as the documents say, but it sure as hell is misleading.
> 
> As I suspect most did, I read (past tense) "-1G" as "return files less
> than 1GB in size" (and I've been in the business a LONG time).  However,
> the docs DO say that the "G" bit means "use gigabyte blocks", so only
> zero-length files fit that criteria and would be displayed (even a
> 1-byte file uses part of that first 1G block).
> 
> With all that being said, it is bloody misleading.  It'd be nice if the
> maintainers could offer some way to do the inferred (by most)
> behavior.  Perhaps "-1Gc" (less than 1 gigacharacters).  As it stands,
> you'd need to use "-1099511627776c" to get the inferred behavior and
> that's a right pain.

I agree. You've hit the nail on the head.

poc

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