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It is an experimental minimal find-like command that only use POSIX shell built-in functions

Features

• mindepth
• maxdepth
• filter type
• search for deadlink

Supported type

• ! not exists (or permission denied)
• f file
• d directory
• s socket
• p pipe (FIFO)
• b block special file
• c character special file
• U unknown
• lX symlink of type X (like l!, lf, ..., lU)
• l! dead [sym]link
• lf symlink to file
• ld symlink to directory

Sample of use

$ ./findlike showall tests-data
d tests-data (0)
f tests-data/-h (1)
lf tests-data/a_symlink_file (1)
d tests-data/bin (1)
f tests-data/bin/a_file (2)
d tests-data/emptydir (1)
l! tests-data/nonex (1)
lf tests-data/pass.symlink (1)
ld tests-data/x (1)

$ ./findlike showdeadlink tests-data
tests-data/nonex

$ ./findlike showdir tests-data
0 tests-data
1 tests-data/bin
1 tests-data/emptydir
1 tests-data/x

$ ./findlike showfile tests-data
1 tests-data/-h
1 tests-data/a_symlink_file
2 tests-data/bin/a_file
1 tests-data/pass.symlink

$ MINDEPTH=0 MAXDEPTH=0 ./findlike showdir tests-data
0 tests-data

$ MINDEPTH=1 MAXDEPTH=1 ./findlike showdir tests-data
1 tests-data/bin
1 tests-data/emptydir
1 tests-data/x

$ MINDEPTH=2 ./findlike showfile tests-data
2 tests-data/bin/a_file

$ MINDEPTH=3 ./findlike showfile tests-data