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Line 4: = General Usage = Find Text Files find ~~~/test~~ -name .txt Find empty files/folders find ~~~/test~~ -type df -empty find ~ -type d -empty Find all empty files (zero byte file) Line 19 ⟶ 21: List only the non-hidden empty files only in the current directory find . -maxdepth 1 -empty -not -name "." ~~Find Files Using Name~~ ~~find -name "MyCProgram.c"~~ Find Files Using Name and Ignoring Case find -iname "MyCProgram.c" ~~Limit Search To Specific Directory~~ ~~find / -name passwd~~ Find the passwd file under root and one level down find -maxdepth 2 -name passwd ~~Find only the socket files~~ ~~find . -type s~~ Find all directories find .~ -type d ~~find ~/test ! -name .jpg ! -name .gif ! -name .png ! -name .jpeg ! -name .JPG ! -name .bmp ! -name .html ! -name .htm ! -type d~~ Find only the normal files find . -type f Find all the hidden files/directories find .~ -type f -name "." find ~ -type d -name "." ~~Find all the hidden directories~~ ~~find -type d -name "."~~ ~~List and Export only files recursively without Directory name~~ ~~find . -maxdepth 10 -type f -printf '%f\n' > fileslist.txt~~ = Time based Sort = Line 66 ⟶ 52: find / -mtime -1 search files which are modified between last 10 to 20 days find / -mtime -20 -mtime +10 Find files which got accessed within 60 minutes find / -amin -60 find / -atime -1 Search files which are accessed between last 10 to 20 days find /tmp -atime -20 -atime +10 Find files which changed within 60 minutes Line 86 ⟶ 78: find -mmin -60 -exec ls -l {} \; Restricting the find output only to files find /etc/sysconfig -amin -30 -type f Do not display hidden files in find output find . -mmin -15 \( ! -regex "./\.." \) = Delete Files = Line 112 ⟶ 109: = Size based Sort = Find files that matches the exact given size ~~Search all jpg images in the system and archive it~~ find ~ -size 100M ~~find ~/test -name .jpg -type f -print \| xargs tar -cvzf images.tar.gz~~ ~~Inverting the match~~ ~~find -maxdepth 1 -not -iname "MyCProgram.c"~~ ~~= Size based Sort =~~ Find files bigger than the given size Line 132 ⟶ 120: find ~ -size -100M Search files whose size is greater than 10MB and less than 20MB ~~Find files that matches the exact given size~~ find ~/tmp -size ~~100M~~+10M -size -20M Remove the files named a.out frequently Line 144 ⟶ 132: Removes .zip files that are over 100M find / -type f -name .zip -size +100M -exec rm -i {} \;" ~~Restricting the find output only to files~~ ~~find /etc/sysconfig -amin -30 -type f~~ ~~Do not display hidden files in find output~~ ~~find . -mmin -15 \( ! -regex "./\.." \)~~ ~~If multiple partitions mounted under /, this command will NOT search all mounted partitions~~ ~~find / -xdev -name ".log"~~ ~~If you don’t want to see the errors and would like to redirect it to null~~ ~~find -name ".txt" 2>>/dev/null~~ = Exec Commands = Line 195 ⟶ 164: Executing Commands on the Files Found by the Find Command find -iname "MyCProgram.c" -exec md5sum {} \; = Advanced Options = List and Export only files recursively without Directory name find . -maxdepth 10 -type f -printf '%f\n' > fileslist.txt If you don’t want to see the errors and would like to redirect it to null find -name ".txt" 2>>/dev/null Search all jpg images in the system and archive it find ~/test -name .jpg -type f -print \| xargs tar -cvzf images.tar.gz Inverting the match find -maxdepth 1 -not -iname "MyCProgram.c" Find files of specific Extensions: find . -name '.jpg' -name '.gif' -name '.png' -name '.jpeg' -name '.JPG' -name '.bmp' -name '.html' -name '.htm' Find all files except for specific Extensions: find . ! -name '.jpg' ! -name '.gif' ! -name '.png' ! -name '.jpeg' ! -name '.JPG' ! -name '.bmp' ! -name '.html' ! -name '.htm' Searching all files with 777 permission find / -type f -perm 0777 Search world readable files - everyone has only read access on that file (444 or -r–r–r– permission); numeric as well as u-g-o (user, group, others) format can be used with -perm switch find / -type f -perm 444 find / -type f -perm /u=r -perm /g=r -perm /o=r If you are suspecting some user is spamming files on server, you can search files with his ownership: find / -type f -user aman Similarly, files owned by specific group can be searched find / -type f -group dba <br /> ;References <references/> <br /> <br /> <br /> {{DISQUS}}