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

[Steffen Nurpmeso <steffen%sdaoden.eu@localhost>]

RVP wrote in
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 |On Thu, 14 Aug 2025, Rocky Hotas wrote:
 |
 |> 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.
 |> [...]
 |> find /target_directory/ -type f -perm -001 -or -type f -perm -010 \
 |> -or -type f -perm -100
 |>
 |> Is there a more compact, but still POSIX, way to obtain the same
 |> result with NetBSD's find(1)?
 |
 |If not sticking to pure find(1):
 |
 |Compact, but slow, and filenames cannot contain (')--single quotes.
 |
 |$ find /dir/ -type f -exec sh -c "test -x '{}' && echo '{}'" \;
 |
 |Slightly faster, and should handle weird filenames:
 |
 |$ find /dir/ -type f -exec sh -c 'for f; do test -x "$f" && echo "$f"; \
 |done' xxx {} +
 |
 |Note the `xxx' above. It, or some other string, is reqd. there to supply \
 |a `$0'
 |for the shell. Of course, you would usually put all this in a shell \
 |script, then
 |`-exec' that :).

fwiw GNU find(1) has 

      -perm /mode
              Any of the permission bits
       -perm -mode
              All of the permission bits

which then is pretty cool

 |-RVP
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