[bug #62561] "files0-from" expression prints "find: '\n' No such file or directory "

[zhoushuiqing]

URL:
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                 Summary: "files0-from" expression prints "find: '\n' No such
file or directory "
                 Project: findutils
               Submitter: zhoushuiqing
               Submitted: Thu 02 Jun 2022 10:21:25 AM UTC
                Category: find
                Severity: 3 - Normal
              Item Group: Wrong result
                  Status: None
                 Privacy: Public
             Assigned to: None
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             Open/Closed: Open
                 Release: 4.9.0
         Discussion Lock: Any
           Fixed Release: None


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Date: Thu 02 Jun 2022 10:21:25 AM UTC By: zhoushuiqing <zhoushuiqing>
I write some directories into startpoint.txt, and manually add '^@' behind
dirs. This symbol means '\0'.

Then, run find in command line:
[root@fedora /]# ls /home
file1  file2 startpoint.txt
[root@fedora /]# vim /home/startpoint.txt
/home^@
[root@fedora /]# find -files0-from startpoint.txt -name "file*"
/home/file1
/home/file2
find: ‘\n’: No such file or directory

[root@fedora /]# find --version
find (GNU findutils) 4.9.0

Linux: Fedora36

I think '\n' should not be processed, of course， '\n' can be removed. But
find can skip the '\n', I think.
so I added some code to handle this.

Others, I hope to see some examples how to use -files0-from in the manual

Let me know your opinions. ;-)







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Date: Thu 02 Jun 2022 10:21:25 AM UTC  Name: 0001-handle-newline.patch  Size:
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