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bug #15167: find . -type d output is not in order

Submitter:  None
Submitted:  Wed 07 Dec 2005 07:44:08 PM UTC
   
 
Category:  find Severity:  3 - Normal
Priority:  5 - Normal Item Group:  Wrong result
Status:  Invalid Privacy:  Public
Assigned to:  None Originator Name: 
Originator Email:  -email is unavailable- Open/Closed:  Closed
Release:  4.2.27 Fixed Release:  None
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Thu 08 Dec 2005 12:56:12 AM UTC, comment #1: 

Actually in your example the contents of the directory are not sorted.  Instead, ls is sorting them (ls is required to sort its arguments).  The find program, on the other hand, is not required to do this.  The find program just prints the filename in the order they are returned by the kernel.

Hence this is not a bug; find is doing what it is supposed to do.

James Youngman <jay>
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Wed 07 Dec 2005 07:44:08 PM UTC, original submission:  

I have files located in directories that are sorted by date (YYYY-MM-DD) and when I do a find . -type d they are outputted randomly.

[dhammis@who Photos]$ ls
2005-09-11  2005-09-22  2005-10-03  2005-10-15  2005-10-30  2005-11-14
2005-09-12  2005-09-23  2005-10-05  2005-10-17  2005-10-31  2005-11-18
2005-09-13  2005-09-24  2005-10-06  2005-10-18  2005-11-01  2005-11-19
2005-09-14  2005-09-25  2005-10-07  2005-10-19  2005-11-02  2005-11-24
2005-09-15  2005-09-26  2005-10-08  2005-10-22  2005-11-03  2005-11-25
2005-09-16  2005-09-27  2005-10-09  2005-10-23  2005-11-06  2005-11-27
2005-09-17  2005-09-28  2005-10-10  2005-10-24  2005-11-07  2005-11-30
2005-09-18  2005-09-29  2005-10-11  2005-10-25  2005-11-08  2005-12-01
2005-09-19  2005-09-30  2005-10-12  2005-10-26  2005-11-11  index.html
2005-09-20  2005-10-01  2005-10-13  2005-10-27  2005-11-12  memstick.ind
2005-09-21  2005-10-02  2005-10-14  2005-10-28  2005-11-13  mstk_pro.ind
[dhammis@who Photos]$ find . -type d
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./2005-11-30
./2005-11-30/thumbs
./2005-11-30/scaled
./2005-09-16
./2005-09-16/thumbs
./2005-09-16/scaled
./2005-09-17
./2005-09-17/thumbs
./2005-09-17/scaled
./2005-10-26
./2005-10-26/thumbs
./2005-10-26/scaled
./2005-11-18
./2005-11-18/thumbs
./2005-11-18/scaled
./2005-10-06
./2005-10-06/thumbs
./2005-10-06/scaled
./2005-10-12
./2005-10-12/thumbs
./2005-10-12/scaled
./2005-09-13
./2005-09-13/thumbs
./2005-09-13/scaled
./2005-10-13
./2005-10-13/thumbs
./2005-10-13/scaled
./2005-11-27
./2005-11-27/thumbs
./2005-11-27/scaled
./2005-11-07
./2005-11-07/thumbs
./2005-11-07/scaled
./2005-11-25
./2005-11-25/thumbs
./2005-11-25/scaled
./2005-11-03
./2005-11-03/thumbs
./2005-11-03/scaled
./2005-09-22
./2005-09-22/thumbs
./2005-09-22/scaled
./2005-10-28
./2005-10-28/thumbs
./2005-10-28/scaled
./2005-10-24
./2005-10-24/thumbs
./2005-10-24/scaled
./2005-11-24
./2005-11-24/thumbs
./2005-11-24/scaled
./2005-10-17
./2005-10-17/thumbs
./2005-10-17/scaled

I can workaround it by piping it to the sort command, but this shouldn't be needed.

Anonymous

 

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