Bug 13216

oops, 2020.02.6

Thanks for the report, I have added the 2020.02.6 release now, I must have missed adding it when I made the release.

The -print0 option is used in quite a lot of places (and may be used by the build system of various packages as well), so I guess the only sensible solution is to update our documentation.

Out of interest, what find implementation are you using? Even the busybox applet supports it.

Sorry, -printf, not -print0. Still, it would be interesting to hear what find implementation you are using

It's Alpine Linux (edge) 

default 'find' is busybox. help doesn't mention printf. But can install findutils and it's GNU find with -printf





find 
BusyBox v1.32.0 () multi-call binary.

Usage: find [-HL] [PATH]... [OPTIONS] [ACTIONS]

Search for files and perform actions on them.
First failed action stops processing of current file.
Defaults: PATH is current directory, action is '-print'

	-L,-follow	Follow symlinks
	-H		...on command line only
	-xdev		Don't descend directories on other filesystems
	-maxdepth N	Descend at most N levels. -maxdepth 0 applies
			actions to command line arguments only
	-mindepth N	Don't act on first N levels
	-depth		Act on directory *after* traversing it

Actions:
	( ACTIONS )	Group actions for -o / -a
	! ACT		Invert ACT's success/failure
	ACT1 [-a] ACT2	If ACT1 fails, stop, else do ACT2
	ACT1 -o ACT2	If ACT1 succeeds, stop, else do ACT2
			Note: -a has higher priority than -o
	-name PATTERN	Match file name (w/o directory name) to PATTERN
	-iname PATTERN	Case insensitive -name
	-path PATTERN	Match path to PATTERN
	-ipath PATTERN	Case insensitive -path
	-regex PATTERN	Match path to regex PATTERN
	-type X		File type is X (one of: f,d,l,b,c,s,p)
	-executable	File is executable
	-perm MASK	At least one mask bit (+MASK), all bits (-MASK),
			or exactly MASK bits are set in file's mode
	-mtime DAYS	mtime is greater than (+N), less than (-N),
			or exactly N days in the past
	-mmin MINS	mtime is greater than (+N), less than (-N),
			or exactly N minutes in the past
	-newer FILE	mtime is more recent than FILE's
	-inum N		File has inode number N
	-user NAME/ID	File is owned by given user
	-group NAME/ID	File is owned by given group
	-size N[bck]	File size is N (c:bytes,k:kbytes,b:512 bytes(def.))
			+/-N: file size is bigger/smaller than N
	-links N	Number of links is greater than (+N), less than (-N),
			or exactly N
	-empty		Match empty file/directory
	-prune		If current file is directory, don't descend into it
If none of the following actions is specified, -print is assumed
	-print		Print file name
	-print0		Print file name, NUL terminated
	-exec CMD ARG ;	Run CMD with all instances of {} replaced by
			file name. Fails if CMD exits with nonzero
	-exec CMD ARG + Run CMD with {} replaced by list of file names
	-delete		Delete current file/directory. Turns on -depth option
	-quit		Exit




#apk add findutils

# find 
find (GNU findutils) 4.7.0
Copyright (C) 2019 Free Software Foundation, Inc.

Usage: find [-H] [-L] [-P] [-Olevel] [-D debugopts] [path...] [expression]

default path is the current directory; default expression is -print
expression may consist of: operators, options, tests, and actions:
operators (decreasing precedence; -and is implicit where no others are given):
      ( EXPR )   ! EXPR   -not EXPR   EXPR1 -a EXPR2   EXPR1 -and EXPR2
      EXPR1 -o EXPR2   EXPR1 -or EXPR2   EXPR1 , EXPR2
positional options (always true): -daystart -follow -regextype

normal options (always true, specified before other expressions):
      -depth --help -maxdepth LEVELS -mindepth LEVELS -mount -noleaf
      --version -xdev -ignore_readdir_race -noignore_readdir_race
tests (N can be +N or -N or N): -amin N -anewer FILE -atime N -cmin N
      -cnewer FILE -ctime N -empty -false -fstype TYPE -gid N -group NAME
      -ilname PATTERN -iname PATTERN -inum N -iwholename PATTERN -iregex PATTERN
      -links N -lname PATTERN -mmin N -mtime N -name PATTERN -newer FILE
      -nouser -nogroup -path PATTERN -perm [-/]MODE -regex PATTERN
      -readable -writable -executable
      -wholename PATTERN -size N[bcwkMG] -true -type [bcdpflsD] -uid N
      -used N -user NAME -xtype [bcdpfls]      -context CONTEXT

actions: -delete -print0 -printf FORMAT -fprintf FILE FORMAT -print 
      -fprint0 FILE -fprint FILE -ls -fls FILE -prune -quit
      -exec COMMAND ; -exec COMMAND {} + -ok COMMAND ;
      -execdir COMMAND ; -execdir COMMAND {} + -okdir COMMAND ;

Valid arguments for -D:
exec, opt, rates, search, stat, time, tree, all, help
Use '-D help' for a description of the options, or see find(1)

Please see also the documentation at http://www.gnu.org/software/findutils/.
You can report (and track progress on fixing) bugs in the "find"
program via the GNU findutils bug-reporting page at
https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?group=findutils or, if
you have no web access, by sending email to <bug-findutils@gnu.org>.

This has been fixed as of commit https://gitlab.com/buildroot.org/buildroot/-/commit/7652817c93a02715e0d334d70118a0d8b6917ca6