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Arguments to -type should contain only one letter
The message "Arguments to -type should contain only one letter" is an error typically encountered when using the find
command in Unix-like systems, such as Linux. The find
command is used to search for files and directories based on various criteria, including file types, names, sizes, and more.
In the find
command, the -type
option is used to specify the type of files to search for. The valid arguments for the -type
option are single-letter codes representing different file types. For example:
f
: Regular filed
: Directoryl
: Symbolic linkb
: Block special filec
: Character special files
: Socketp
: Named pipe (FIFO)
If you are encountering the "Arguments to -type should contain only one letter" error, it means you are providing more than one letter as an argument to the -type
option, which is not allowed.
For example, if you were running a command like this:
bashfind /path/to/search -type f,d
You would get the error because the argument to -type
should only contain one letter, not f,d
.
To fix the error, ensure that you provide only one letter as the argument for the -type
option. If you want to search for multiple file types, you need to use multiple -type
options, one for each file type:
bashfind /path/to/search -type f -o -type d
In the above command, we use -type f
to search for regular files (f
) and -o
to specify the logical OR operation. Then, we use another -type d
to search for directories (d
). This way, we search for both regular files and directories.