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NAME

6       findrule - command line wrapper to File::Find::Rule
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USAGE

9         findrule [path...] [expression]
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DESCRIPTION

12       "findrule" mostly borrows the interface from GNU find(1) to provide a
13       command-line interface onto the File::Find::Rule heirarchy of modules.
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15       The syntax for expressions is the rule name, preceded by a dash,
16       followed by an optional argument.  If the argument is an opening
17       parenthesis it is taken as a list of arguments, terminated by a closing
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20       Some examples:
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22        find -file -name ( foo bar )
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24       files named "foo" or "bar", below the current directory.
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26        find -file -name foo -bar
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28       files named "foo", that have pubs (for this is what our ficticious
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31        find -file -name ( -bar )
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33       files named "-bar", below the current directory.  In this case if we'd
34       have omitted the parenthesis it would have parsed as a call to name
35       with no arguments, followed by a call to -bar.
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37   Supported switches
38       I'm very slack.  Please consult the File::Find::Rule manpage for now,
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41   Extra bonus switches
42       findrule automatically loads all of your installed File::Find::Rule::*
43       extension modules, so check the documentation to see what those would
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AUTHOR

47       Richard Clamp <richardc@unixbeard.net> from a suggestion by Tatsuhiko
48       Miyagawa
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51       Copyright (C) 2002 Richard Clamp.  All Rights Reserved.
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53       This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
54       under the same terms as Perl itself.
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SEE ALSO

57       File::Find::Rule
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