WALK(1) WALK(1) NAME walk - walk a path SYNOPSIS walk [ -dftxu ] [ -n mind,maxd ] [ -e statfmt ] [ name ... ] DESCRIPTION Walk recursively descends any directory arguments, printing the name of each file on a separate line. When no arguments are given, the working directory is assumed. Non-directory arguments are checked for existence, then printed, if so. Options are: -d Print only directories. -f Print only non-directories. -t Print a file only if it has the temporary flag set. -x Print a file only if it has any executable bits set. -u Unbuffered output. -n min,max Set the inclusive range of depths for filtering in results. Both min and max are optional. An argument of n with no comma is equivalent to 0,n. -e statfmt Specify the output format. Each character in statfmt specifies a file attribute to display. The printed attributes are separated by spaces. The statfmt characters are as follows: U owner name (uid) G group name (gid) M name of last user to modify (muid) a last access time (atime) m last modification time (mtime) n final path element (name) p path q qid path.version.type (see stat(2)) s size in bytes x permissions D server device T server type (kernel device rune) The default statfmt is simply, p. Page 1 Plan 9 (printed 2/14/25) WALK(1) WALK(1) EXAMPLES List files in a directory, sorted by modification time. walk -femp catpics | sort -n | sed 's/^[^ ]+ //' Print the size and path of files (excluding dirs) in the working directory. walk -fn1 -esp SOURCE /sys/src/cmd/walk.c SEE ALSO ls(1), du(1) BUGS Statfmt character `x' displays permissions as an integer. Manipulating ifs is a nuisance. File names are assumed to not contain newlines. Correct invocation requires too much thought. HISTORY Walk first appeared in 9front (March, 2019). Page 2 Plan 9 (printed 2/14/25)