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Find Command

This document provides examples of find commands to search for files and directories based on different criteria such as name, size, modified time, empty/hidden files, and condition. Some examples include: 1) Finding .txt files in the current or specified directory. 2) Searching for files less than or greater than a certain size. 3) Finding files accessed or modified within a certain time period. 4) Locating empty files and directories as well as hidden files in the /tmp directory. 5) Searching for a file by name and deleting it.

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Find Command

This document provides examples of find commands to search for files and directories based on different criteria such as name, size, modified time, empty/hidden files, and condition. Some examples include: 1) Finding .txt files in the current or specified directory. 2) Searching for files less than or greater than a certain size. 3) Finding files accessed or modified within a certain time period. 4) Locating empty files and directories as well as hidden files in the /tmp directory. 5) Searching for a file by name and deleting it.

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#TO MOVE A FILE INTO ANOTHER DIRECTORY

cp -r copy1.txt details # to move a file into a directory

1)to find a file or directory using name

find . -name \*.txt # . stands for the current directory

find details -name \*.txt # to search .txt files only in details directory (can add
multiple dir)

find . -iname "copy1.txt" # to search a file ignoring the case of the filename

find / -type d -name details # to search a directory type file

find . -type f -name "*.txt" # to search in pwd all files of type .txt

2) TO SEARCH A FILE BASED ON ITS SIZE

find . -size -10M # to search in pwd all files of size less than 10MB

find . -size +1c -size -5M # to find files in pwd that are greater than 1 byte and
less than 5 MB

3) TO FIND A FILE BASED ON THE MODIFIED TIME

find . -atime -1 # to find files that were accessed in the last one day

find . -mtime -60 #finding files in pwd that were modified in the last hour

find . -atime -60 #finding files in pwd that were changed in the last hour

find . -ctime -60 #finding files in pwd that were accessed in the last hour

4) TO FIND EMPTY FILES, HIDDEN FILES AND DIRECTORIES IN /tmp DIRECTORY

find /tmp -type f -empty # to find in /tmp all empty files

find /tmp -type d -empty # to find in /tmp all empty directories

find /tmp -type f -name ".*" # to find in /tmp all hidden files

5)TO FIND A FILE BASED ON SOME CONDITION AND TO DELETE IT

find . -type f -name "COPY1.txt" -exec rm -f {} \; # to find a file and execute a


command on it.

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