find vs. exec(find)

gistfile1.sh

me@localhost:~> find /Applications/ -iname *.plist | wc -l
    6660
me@localhost:~> node -e "require('child_process').exec('find /Applications/ -iname *.plist', function(_, stdout){ console.log(stdout.split('\n').length) })"
1806

// Why does the same find ran on the cmdline return a different number than when used via exec in node?

// Found the bug
// This works:

me@localhost:~> node -e "require('child_process').exec('find /Applications/ -iname *.plist', {maxBuffer:10000*1024}, function(_, stdout){ console.log(stdout.split('\n').length) })"
    6661
me@localhost:~> find /Applications/ -iname *.plist | wc -l
    6660

Maybe the stuff gets "streamed" from some certain pont on and comes in chunks? look at the output of your script i'd say ;)

good idea, i found the bug:

node -e "require('child_process').exec('find /Applications/ -iname .plist', {maxBuffer:10000_1024}, function(, stdout){ console.log(stdout.split('\n').length) })"

does work properly!!!

the maxBuffer argument determines the buffer size and therefore the result are only reported as they fit in there