find¶
Test options:
-name: Search for files based on their name or pattern.
-type: Search for files based on their type (e.g., regular files, directories, symbolic links).
-size: Search for files based on their size.
-mtime: Search for files based on their modification time.
-user: Search for files based on their owner.
-group: Search for files based on their group.
find /path/to/directory -name 'filename.txt'
find /path/to/directory -name '*.txt'
find /path/to/directory -iname 'filename.txt'
find /path/to/directory -type f
find /path/to/directory -type d
find /path/to/directory -type l
find /path/to/directory -size +1M
find /path/to/directory -size -10k
find /path/to/directory -size 512c
find /path/to/directory -size +1M -and -mtime -7
find /path/to/directory -user john -or -group developers
find /path/to/directory -not -name '*.tmp'
Action options:
-delete: deletes all files matching the search
-exec: executes the command with each file matching (see note below)
-fprint: print the file names into a file
-print: print the file names to the console
find /path/to/directory -name '*.bak' -exec rm {} \;
find /path/to/directory -name '*.log' -exec mv {} /path/to/destination \;
find /path/to/directory -type f -exec chmod 644 {} \;
find . -name "*.bak" -type f -delete
find . -name "*.bak" -type f -fprint /path/to/file
find . -name "*.bak" -type f -print
Note: - {} expands to the file name at runtime - \; escapes and ends the execution line (can also be ';')