On Tue, 24 Sep 2002, Peter Leftwich wrote: > Two questions, first is why doesn't this work, or is there a flag I can use > with "ls?" > > # find . -type f -perm +x > find: -perm: x: illegal mode string > # find . -type f -perm +x -print > find: -perm: x: illegal mode string
You need to use the octal mode: # find . -type f -perm +100 for the files executable for their owner. man find for details. > > Question II: Is find always recursive (through subdirectories) or can this > be limited to x levels down? Thanks. man find. look for the maxdepth and mindepth flags. Fer > > -- > Peter Leftwich > President & Founder > Video2Video Services > Box 13692, La Jolla, CA, 92039 USA > +1-413-403-9555 > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message