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+Hello, I would like to know if there is any way to specifically list the locked or unlocked annexed files in a git annex.
+I looked at the git-annex-find and gt-annex-matching-options pages and on Google but I didn't find anything.
+
+I know it wouldn't make any sens for the older versions, but in the v6 mode, I think it might be useful to add such a shortcut search.
+I mean, we can already look for local content with:
+```git annex find --in=here```
+so why not create something like
+```git annex find --locked/unlocked=yes/no```
+?
+
+Sure it is already more or less doable by looking at symlinks:
+[[!format sh """
+#list all broken symlinks (locked absent files ?)
+find . -xtype l 
+#list all symlinks (locked present files ?)
+find -L . -xtype l
+#list all files that aren't symlinks (unlocked files ?)
+find . -type -f
+"""]]
+But it is also possible for any symlink or file not to be part of the annex.
+So, in order to find the locked/unlocked files, it would require to intersect the previous sets of files with the set of annexed ones.
+
+Am I missing any easy tip or command argument to do this ?