I'm studying find command options.

Will

find . -perm -o=r

and

find . -perm /o=r

give the same results?

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Yes, those are the same. The difference comes when there is more than one permission listed, in which case, - will require all of the permissions be set on the files it lists, while / will require any of the permissions be set on the files it lists.

For example, -perm -o=rw will find files which others can both read and write, while -perm /o=rw will find files which others can read as well as files which others can write.

See the man find section on the -perm option.

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