Linux equivalent to QNX's ws (walk directory structure) command?

[bob]

Thanks guys.

I also found a C library function called

	ftw  (file tree walk)

which does much the same thing.

bob


On January 5, 2006 12:36 am, you wrote:
> On Wed, Jan 04, 2006 at 10:13:46AM -0500, bob wrote:
> > QNX had a command which would walk down a directory structure executing a
> > command at each level.     They called it "ws".
> >
> > Is there an equivalent in Linux?
> >
> > I did a quick look through my reference material and couldn't find it, 
> > so I thought I would ask before I set out to write my own.
>
> I think that the find will do this for you:
>    find [search criteria] -exec somecommand {}  \;
>
> Simple working example:
>     find -exec ls -l {} \;
> will list each file and directory under the current location.
>
> As usual 'man find' or equiv.
>
> [ It's been a while since I did a "ws" in QNX - long enough that I was
> booting from 5 1/4 disks!  ]
>
> Allen
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