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= General Usage =
Find Text Files
find ~
Find empty folders
find ~
Find all empty files (zero byte file)
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find . -maxdepth 1 -empty -not -name ".*"
find -name "MyCProgram.c"▼
Find Files Using Name and Ignoring Case
find -iname "MyCProgram.c"
Find the passwd file under root and one level down
find -maxdepth 2 -name passwd
Find all directories
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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 =
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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 =
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Move Specific files to another location
find ./* -name *.jpg -exec mv {} ~/Public/ \;
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▼
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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 you don’t want to see the errors and would like to redirect it to null▼
find -name "*.txt" 2>>/dev/null▼
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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
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