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EXAMPLES
EXAMPLE-1:
To find all the files whose name is xyz.txt in a current working directory.:
# find . -name names.txt
output:
# ls
names.txt test.txt xyz.txt
# find . -name names.txt
./names.txt
EXAMPLE-2:
To find all the files under /tmp directory with name xyz.txt.
# find /tmp -name names.txt
output:
# ls /tmp/
names.txt test.txt xyz.txt
# find /tmp/ -name names.txt
/tmp/names.txt
EXAMPLE-3:
To find all the files whose name is names.txt and contains both capital
and small letters in /tmp directory.:
# find /tmp -iname names.txt
output:
# ls /tmp/
names.txt Names.txt test.txt xyz.txt
# find /tmp/ -iname names.txt
/tmp/Names.txt
/tmp/names.txt
EXAMPLE-4:
To find all directories whose name is test in / directory.
# find / -type d -name test
output:
/usr/src/linux-headers-3.19.0-25/lib/raid6/test
EXAMPLE-5:
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To find all php files whose name is test.py in / directory.
# find / -type f -name test.py
output:
/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/chardet/test.py
EXAMPLE-6:
To find all py files in / directory.
# find / -type f -name "*.py"
EXAMPLE-7:
To find all the files whose permissions are 777.
# find . -type f -perm 0777 -print
output:
# ls -l /tmp/
total 4
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root root 0 Dec 29 15:06 names.txt
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Dec 29 15:13 Names.txt
-rwxrwxrwx 1 ubuntu ubuntu 13 Dec 28 01:12 test.txt
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Dec 29 15:05 xyz.txt
# find /tmp -type f -perm 0777 -print
/tmp/names.txt
EXAMPLE-8:
To find all files that belongs to user ubuntu under /tmp directory.
# find /tmp -user ubuntu
output:
# ls -l /tmp
total 4
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Dec 29 15:13 Names.txt
-r--r--r-- 1 ubuntu ubuntu 13 Dec 28 01:12 test.txt
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Dec 29 15:05 xyz.txt
# find /tmp -user ubuntu
/tmp/test.txt
EXAMPLE-9:
To find all files that belongs to group ubuntu under /tmp directory.
# find /tmp -group ubuntu
output:
# ls -l /tmp
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total 4
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Dec 29 15:13 Names.txt
-r--r--r-- 1 ubuntu ubuntu 13 Dec 28 01:12 test.txt
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Dec 29 15:05 xyz.txt
# find /tmp -group ubuntu
/tmp/test.txt
EXAMPLE-10:
* To find a single file called names.txt and remove it.
# find . -type f -name "names.txt" -exec rm -f {} \;
output:
# ls /tmp
names.txt Names.txt test.txt xyz.txt
# find /tmp -type f -name "names.txt" -exec rm -f {} \;
# ls /tmp
Names.txt test.txt xyz.txt
4. Search for empty files and directories.
$ find ./GFG -empty
6. Search text within multiple files.
$ find ./ -type f -name "*.txt" -exec grep 'Geek' {} \;
Search for files that were modified in the last 7 days below the
current directory
$ find ./ -mtime -7
Find newer files
The '-newer' parameter helps in searching the files which are newer than
the mentioned file. Consider the below command:
1. find . -newer msg.txt
8. Find Files Without 777 Permissions
Find all the files without permission 777.
# find / -type f ! -perm 777
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. Find SGID Files with 644 Permissions
Find all the SGID bit files whose permissions are set to 644.
# find / -perm 2644
Find all the Sticky Bit set files whose permission is 551.
# find / -perm 1551
11. Find SUID Files
Find all SUID set files.
# find / -perm /u=s
12. Find SGID Files
Find all SGID set files.
# find / -perm /g=s
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13. Find Read-Only Files
Find all Read-Only files.
# find / -perm /u=r
14. Find Executable Files
Find all Executable files.
# find / -perm /a=x
27. Find Last 50 Days Accessed Files
To find all the files which are accessed 50 days back.
# find / -atime 50
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. Find Last 50-100 Days Modified Files
To find all the files which are modified more than 50 days back and less
than 100 days.
# find / -mtime +50 –mtime -100
To find all the files which are changed in the last 1 hour.
# find / -cmin -60
30. Find Modified Files in Last 1 Hour
To find all the files which are modified in the last 1 hour.
# find / -mmin -60
31. Find Accessed Files in Last 1 Hour
To find all the files which are accessed in the last 1 hour.
# find / -amin -60
32. Find 50MB Files
To find all 50MB files, use.
# find / -size 50M
33. Find Size between 50MB – 100MB
To find all the files which are greater than 50MB and less than 100MB.
# find / -size +50M -size -100M
