execdir plus and commands generated

2011-03-29 Thread Peggy Russell
Hi, Why does `find` process file 'abc4' separately from files 'abc1-3', when they are in the same directory. This creates 3 `rm` commands instead of 2 (assuming it looks like a `rm` for all files per directory)? Files 'abc1-4' are in the current directory. File 'def1' is in a sub directory. I

Suggestion: verbose option. Doc Update: -print and no action are NOT the same

2011-03-29 Thread Peggy Russell
Hi, I have a suggestion and documentation update for `find`. The suggestion for findutils' find is to add a '-t, --verbose' or '--whatif' option similar to the '-t' in `xargs`. At a minimum it would show what `find` would generate, but it would not execute anything. Note: The `-D exec` option