The busybox find replacement doesn't implement printf which turns out to dramatically reduce it's usefulness for scripting purposes. Many scripts seem to use that feature as it's a convenient way to get file size, modification date, etc about the file "find" finds. Unfortunately, "find" is not part of the gnu utilities either. I looked at what it would take lift that functionality from the gnu version and add the feature to the existing busy box version and it's just not practical given the code architecture is very different.

The gnu version seems to be a rather complex and convoluted huge hunk of code that doesn't appear easy to pare down. Perhaps that's why it hasn't been included. Has anyone got an alternative solution?

Cheers,
Ron