Dot:find

.FIND dot command

To use, copy “FIND” to the sd card’s DOT directory.

Usage

.find entered on its own at the basic prompt will print help.

This utility searches directories from the start directory for a particlar file matching criteria supplied on the command line.

The help text is reproduced here:

find - search for files in a
  directory hierarchy

.find DIR [OPTION]...

Find files starting at DIR
that match provided criteria.

Example:

.find . -type=f -name *.txt

[[Category:Developer Tools]]

(find all files in the current
directory and below that end
in ".txt")

All word options accept single
or double leading hyphens.

CRITERIA

-exec
  file must be an executable
  bas dot nex o p sna snx
  tap z80

-mindepth N, -mindepth=N
  ignore until at least N
  directory levels traversed

-maxdepth N, -maxdepth=N
  ignore if more than N
  directory levels traversed

-mmin N, -mmin=N
  (not implemented yet)

-mtime N, -mtime=N
  (not implemented yet)

-name S, -name=S
  lfn name must match S
  S can contain *? wildcards

-prune S, -prune=S
  ignore directory S
  S can contain *? wildcards
  else S is a canonical name

-size N, -size=N
  if N>0 file must be at least
    N bytes in size
  if N<0 file must be less than
    N bytes in size
  N can have a suffix modifier:
    "b" : * 512
    "c" : * 1
    "w" : * 2
    "k" : * 1024
    "M" : * 1048576

-type T, -type=f, -type=d
  must be a file, directory

DISPLAY

-lfn=on
  print matches with lfn names

-lfn=off
  print matches with 8.3 names

-lfn=both
  print matches w/ both names

ACTION

-cd N, -cd=N
  change to the directory of
  the Nth match and exit

OTHER

-help
  print this help and exit

-version
  print version info and exit

find 1.1 zx-next 128k z88dk.org

Examples

1. Locate all exectuables in the current directory and below. Executables are defined as “nex o p sna snx tap z80” types.

.find . -exec

2. Locate the 20th executable and change directory to that. Use .run to run the program.

.find . -exec -cd=20
.run castelvania.tap

3. Locate all text files between 1k and 10k in size.

.find . -name *.txt -size 1k -size -10k

4. Find all games with batman in the name.

.find . -exec -name *batman*

Filename matches are only applied against the long filename. The matching uses wildcards * and ? which can match any character including .

Compiling

Source here.

zcc +zxn -v -startup=30 -clib=sdcc_iy -SO3 --max-allocs-per-node200000 --opt-code-size @zproject.lst -o find -pragma-include:zpragma.inc -subtype=dotn -Cz"--clean" -create-app