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Use 'find' to locate corrupted files
Authored by: sjk on Oct 09, '05 03:52:48PM

Any output will be in the /tmp/F file. To display it in the current window just remove the "> /tmp/F" redirection from the end of the command line.

Friendly reminder:

Running shell commands as root without understanding what they do puts your system at risk of accidental, unintended side effects or damage. A botched "find" command can be particularly hazardous when it encounters and affects many files.

The example in this hint is benign that way, except you want to be careful with the '>' redirection not writing output to the wrong file(s).



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