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

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On Fri, 2010-03-26 at 11:53 -0430, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: 
> On Fri, 2010-03-26 at 10:30 -0500, Aaron Konstam wrote:
> > 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.
> > No, find -size 1G
> > will do what you want.
> 
> Have you read the rest of this thread? Your interpretation of what the
> OP wants is not what he says he wants, which in turn is not what "-size
> -1G" actually does.
> 
> poc
> 

I rfead the whole thread. And I agree that find -size -!G does not do
what he wants but find -size 1G
does. Try it and you will see.

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