How can I tell unix "find" to include in it a recursive search for a folder that is softlinked?
-L. This forces him to follow all the symbolic (I assume that this is what you mean by soft) links.
: "-L" ( , "-H" ). '-follow' . ( ), "-L" . - "-L" .
-L
-H
-follow
unix
http://scripterworld.blogspot.com/2009/07/unix-find-command-with-examples-and.html