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== Use == `find /var/www -name '.css'` prints full path/filename to all files in /var/www that end in .css `-name` filename matches string(case sensitive)
`-iname` filename matches string(case insensitive)
`-regex` filename matches regex(case sensitive)
`-iregex` filename matches regex(case insensitive)
2022-12-30T14:07:22Z

Created page with "= find = Search for files in a directory hierarchy. The command is recursive by default.</br> == Use == <code>find /var/www -name '.css'</code> prints full path/filename to all files in /var/www that end in .css <code>-name</code> filename matches string(case sensitive)</br> <code>-iname</code> filename matches string(case insensitive)</br> <code>-regex</code> filename matches regex(case sensitive)</br> <code>-iregex</code> filename matches regex(case insensitive)</b..."

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= find =

Search for files in a directory hierarchy. The command is recursive by default.</br>

== Use ==
<code>find /var/www -name '*.css'</code> prints full path/filename to all files in /var/www that end in .css

<code>-name</code> filename matches string(case sensitive)</br>
<code>-iname</code> filename matches string(case insensitive)</br>
<code>-regex</code> filename matches regex(case sensitive)</br>
<code>-iregex</code> filename matches regex(case insensitive)</br>

<code>-type x</code> define result type</br>
<code>-type b</code> block device</br>
<code>-type c</code> character device</br>
<code>-type d</code> directory</br>
<code>-type f</code> file</br>
<code>-type l</code> symlink</br>
<code>-type p</code> named pipe</br>
<code>-type s</code> socket</br>

<code>-size x</code> define file size</br>
<code>-size -1M</code> smaller than 1MB</br>
<code>-size +2G</code> bigger than 2GB</br>
<code>-size +1M -size -10M</code> bigger than 1M and smaller than 10M</br>

<code>-mtime x</code> define modification time</br>
<code>-mtime -5</code> modified five or less days ago</br>
<code>-mtime +5</code> modified five or more days ago</br>
<code>-mtime +5 -mtime -10</code> modified more than five and less than 10 days ago</br>

<code>-perm x</code> define permissions</br>
<code>-perm 754</code> match rwx rx r exactly</br>
<code>-perm /4</code> match defined permission for either user, group or others</br>

== Useful Flags ==
<code>-L</code> follow symbolic links</br>
<code>-not</code> match inverse</br>
<code>-print0</code> do not treat whitespace as the end of a filename</br>
<code>-user x</code> only match files belonging to specified user</br>

<code>-exec</code> execute a command on matched files</br>
<code>{}</code> placeholder to represent matched file</br>
<code>\;</code> indicate the end of a parameter list</br>