Information about the package, findutils, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The findutils package is designed for, The GNU versions of find utilities (find and xargs).
Package Name:
findutils
Summary:
The GNU versions of find utilities (find and xargs)
Description:
The findutils package contains programs which will help you locate files on your system. The find utility searches through a hierarchy of directories looking for files which match a certain set of criteria (such as a filename pattern). The xargs utility builds and executes command lines from standard input arguments (usually lists of file names generated by the find command). You should install findutils because it includes tools that are very useful for finding things on your system.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
4.4.2
Release:
9.el6
Size:
1.4 M
Repository:
installed
From Repository:
base
Licence:
GPLv3+
Control the findutils package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install findutils
This command will install findutils on the server.
yum remove findutils
This command will un-install findutils on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove findutils, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove findutils
This command will un-install findutils on the server. When you run this command with th e -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove findutils when using the -y flag.
yum update findutils
This command will update findutils to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove findutils, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update findutils
This command will update findutils to the latest version. When you run this command with the -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove findutils when using the -y flag.
yum info findutils
This command will show you core information about the findutils package.
yum deplist findutils
This command will show you the dependencies for findutils. Thankfully, when using Yum, if dependencies are required, these are also installed at the same time so you don't have to worry too much about that.
yum check-update findutils
This command will check if there is an update waiting on findutils. When you run this command this will return nothing if there is nothing to update, or, will return the package name if the package is due to be updated.