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 Introduction
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    This manual shows how to find files that meet criteria you specify,
 and how to perform various actions on the files that you find.  The
 principal programs that you use to perform these tasks are `find',
 `locate', and `xargs'.  Some of the examples in this manual use
 capabilities specific to the GNU versions of those programs.
 
    GNU `find' was originally written by Eric Decker, with enhancements
 by David MacKenzie, Jay Plett, and Tim Wood.  GNU `xargs' was
 originally written by Mike Rendell, with enhancements by David
 MacKenzie.  GNU `locate' and its associated utilities were originally
 written by James Woods, with enhancements by David MacKenzie.  The idea
 for `find -print0' and `xargs -0' came from Dan Bernstein.  Many other
 people have contributed bug fixes, small improvements, and helpful
 suggestions.  Thanks!
 
    Mail suggestions and bug reports for these programs to
 `bug-gnu-utils@prep.ai.mit.edu'.  Please include the version number,
 which you can get by running `find --version'.
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