# [EMAIL PROTECTED] / 2002-09-27 18:10:04 +0200:
> Roman Neuhauser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>  > # [EMAIL PROTECTED] / 2002-09-27 17:15:00 +0200:
>  > > That wouldn't make it any more portable.  Bugging the Open Group
>  > > _might_ be more useful.
>  > 
>  >     right.
>  >  
>  > > But then again, it's against the UNIX philosophy.  In UNIX,
>  > > you've got a tool for every job, and the power of the system
>  > > comes from combining those tools.  There is no need to duplicate
>  > > functionality in multiple tools.
>  > 
>  >     according to this logic find(1) shouldn't have any primaries at all.
>  > 
> 
> Right.  :-)
> 
> Well, almost.  Those primaries which operate on the properties of the
> inodes are required (-perm, -mtime etc.).

    not really: ls(1).

> Also, some primaries are really required for efficiency, e.g. -prune.
> But -iname is really just unnecessary bloat, IMO.

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