[PATCH 20/42] find.1: access ~ character portably

"G. Branden Robinson" <[email protected]> Tue, 18 Nov 2025 21:47:05 -0600

Newsgroups	gmane.comp.gnu.findutils.bugs
Message-ID	<20251119034705.cfw4qf4yflnlnlu6@illithid>

The `\(ti` special character escape sequence is not universally
portable.  Indirect it through a string definition.  (GNU Bash also uses
this technique.[1])

[1] https://github.com/bminor/bash/blob/a8a1c2fac029404d3f42cd39f5a20f24b6e4fe4b/doc/bash.1#L26
---
 find/find.1 | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/find/find.1 b/find/find.1
index 69387cdb..efe5987a 100644
--- a/find/find.1
+++ b/find/find.1
@@ -3,12 +3,14 @@
 .ie \n(.g \{\
 .  ds "  \(dq
 .  ds '  \(aq
+.  ds ~  \(ti
 .  ds en \(en
 .\}
 .el \{\
 .  \" \*" is not usable in macro arguments on AT&T troff.
 .  ds "  ""\" two adjacent quotes and no space before this comment
 .  ds '  '
+.  ds ~  ~
 .  ds en \-
 .\}
 .SH NAME
@@ -2515,7 +2517,7 @@ .SS "Traversing the filesystem just once \(em for 2 different actions"
 but omit files and directories named
 .I .snapshot
 (and anything in them).  It also omits files or directories whose name ends in
-`\(ti', but not their contents.
+`\*~', but not their contents.
 .nf
 \&
 .in +4n
-- 
2.30.2

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