On 24-Dec-1999, Shao Zhang <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Paul J. Keenan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Shao Zhang wrote: > > > > > > Hi, > > > How can I use 'find' together with other shell tools to scan the > > > directory and print the filename if it is over a certain size. > > > > > > > >From find(1) > > > > -size n[bckw] > > File uses n units of space. The units are 512-byte > > blocks by default or if `b' follows n, bytes if `c' > > follows n, kilobytes if `k' follows n, or 2-byte > > words if `w' follows n. The size does not count > > indirect blocks, but it does count blocks in sparse > > files that are not actually allocated. > > > > This will only find files with the exactly or rounded same size. > It does not give me the option to specify to print out files > OVER a certain size. > >From the man page
TESTS Numeric arguments can be specified as +n for greater than n, -n for less than n, n for exactly n. However I must admit that I do find the man page for find a hard read. Pete