Executing "find /abc -follow -ls" the message "find: cycle detected for /abc/def/ghi/
What does this mean?
Thanks...
It means that somewhere below /abc/def/ghi there's a link back to this directory. A dumb recursive utility would probably enter a endless loop here following that link, find however can (and should) detect and avoid such loops. But it still warns the user that it's there.
Use -type or -noleaf options in find command
find -type f || -type d /abc
If its not working try to off the leaf using the following command
find -noleaf /abc