Invalid parameters are flagged as missing parameters, and sometimes it segmentation faults. -ctime n requires that the file's status was last changed n*24 hours ago. -gid n requires that the file's numeric group ID is n. $ ./find -ctime x ./find: missing argument to `-ctime' (This should complain about an invalid argument for -ctime.) $ ./find -ctime x -gid x ./find: invalid argument `-gid' to `-ctime' This should complain about an invalid argument for -ctime. $ ./find -gid x -ctime 2 Segmentation fault This should complain about an invalid argument for -gid. $ ./find -gid -ctime 2 Segmentation fault This should complain about an missing argument for -gid.