Re: Find all files with at least one execute bit set

[Paul Ripke <stix%stix.id.au@localhost>]

On Thu, Aug 14, 2025 at 12:15:25PM +0200, Rocky Hotas wrote:
> Hello!
> I'm trying to use find(1) in a POSIX way to list all the files (not
> directories) with at least one execute bit set. In other words, all
> the following modes should cause a match:
> 
> -rwxr-xr-x  1 myuser  wheel  6 Aug 14 11:46 file1
> -rwxr--r--  1 myuser  wheel  7 Aug 14 11:46 file2
> -rw-r-xr--  1 myuser  wheel  4 Aug 14 11:52 file3
> -rw-r--r-x  1 myuser  wheel  6 Aug 14 11:53 file4
> -rwxr-xr--  1 myuser  wheel  6 Aug 14 12:10 file5
> 
> (also `rwxr--r-x' should match, and so on).
> 
> The only way I found so far is the following:
> 
> find /target_directory/ -type f -perm -001 -or -type f -perm -010 -or -type f -perm -100
> 
> It seems to work, but it's somewhat cumbersome. In GNU find, there is a
> single dedicated option, `-executable'.
> Is there a more compact, but still POSIX, way to obtain the same
> result with NetBSD's find(1)?

Minor simplification:

find /target_directory/ -type f -and \( -perm -001 -or -perm -010 -or -perm -100 \)

I can't see any other options.

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