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Examples of Linux Find Command

The Linux find command can be used to search for files and directories on a system based on various criteria. It is one of the most important command-line utilities in Linux-based operating systems. The find command allows users to search for files and directories based on permissions, owners, groups, file type, dates, sizes, and other attributes. Several examples are provided showing how to use basic find commands to search by name, directory, permissions, owners, groups, dates, sizes and more. More advanced options and combinations of criteria are also demonstrated.

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Examples of Linux Find Command

The Linux find command can be used to search for files and directories on a system based on various criteria. It is one of the most important command-line utilities in Linux-based operating systems. The find command allows users to search for files and directories based on permissions, owners, groups, file type, dates, sizes, and other attributes. Several examples are provided showing how to use basic find commands to search by name, directory, permissions, owners, groups, dates, sizes and more. More advanced options and combinations of criteria are also demonstrated.

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Examples of Linux Find Command

o The Linux Find Command is one of the most important and frequently used
command command-line utility in Unix-like operating systems.
o Find command is used to search and locate the list of files and directories
based on conditions you specify for files that match the arguments.
o Find can be used in a variety of conditions like you can find files
by permissions, users, groups, file type, date, size, and other possible criteria.

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command/

Command Description

-iname Search without regard for text case.

-not Return only results that do not match the test case.

-type f Search for files.

-type d Search for directories.

Five parts from basic to advance usage of the find command.


o Part I: Basic Find Commands for Finding Files with Names
o Part II: Find Files Based on their Permissions
o Part III: Search Files Based On Owners and Groups
o Part IV: Find Files and Directories Based on Date and Time
o Part V: Find Files and Directories Based on Size
o Part VI: Find Multiple Filenames in Linux

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Part I: Basic Find Commands for Finding Files with Names

Find Files Using Name in Current Directory


Find all the files whose name is tecmint.txt in a current working directory.

# find . -name tecmint.txt

./tecmint.txt

Find Files Under Home Directory


Find all the files under /home directory with name tecmint.txt.

# find /home -name tecmint.txt

/home/tecmint.txt

Find Files Using Name and Ignoring Case


Find all the files whose name is tecmint.txt and contains both capital and small letters
in /home directory.

# find /home -iname tecmint.txt

./tecmint.txt

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./Tecmint.txt

Find Directories Using Name


Find all directories whose name is Tecmint in / directory.

# find / -type d -name Tecmint

/Tecmint

Find PHP Files Using Name


Find all php files whose name is tecmint.php in a current working directory.

# find . -type f -name tecmint.php

./tecmint.php

Find all PHP Files in Directory


Find all php files in a directory.

# find . -type f -name "*.php"

./tecmint.php
./login.php
./index.php

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Part II – Find Files Based on their Permissions

Find Files with 777 Permissions


Find all the files whose permissions are 777.

# find . -type f -perm 0777 -print

Find Files Without 777 Permissions


Find all the files without permission 777.

# find / -type f ! -perm 777

Find SGID Files with 644 Permissions


Find all the SGID bit files whose permissions set to 644.

# find / -perm 2644

Find Sticky Bit Files with 551 Permissions


Find all the Sticky Bit set files whose permission are 551.

# find / -perm 1551


# find / -perm /g=s

Find Read Only Files


Find all Read Only files.

# find / -perm /u=r

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Find Executable Files
Find all Executable files.

# find / -perm /a=x

Find Files with 777 Permissions and Chmod to 644


Find all 777 permission files and use chmod command to set permissions to 644.

# find / -type f -perm 0777 -print -exec chmod 644 {} \;

Find Directories with 777 Permissions and Chmod to 755


Find all 777 permission directories and use chmod command to set permissions
to 755.

# find / -type d -perm 777 -print -exec chmod 755 {} \;

Find and remove single File


To find a single file called tecmint.txt and remove it.

# find . -type f -name "tecmint.txt" -exec rm -f {} \;

Find and remove Multiple File


To find and remove multiple files such as .mp3 or .txt, then use.

# find . -type f -name "*.txt" -exec rm -f {} \;


OR
# find . -type f -name "*.mp3" -exec rm -f {} \;

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Find all Empty Files
To find all empty files under certain path.

# find /tmp -type f -empty

Find all Empty Directories


To file all empty directories under certain path.

# find /tmp -type d -empty

File all Hidden Files


To find all hidden files, use below command.

# find /tmp -type f -name ".*"

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Part III – Search Files Based On Owners and Groups

1. Find Single File Based on User


To find all or single file called tecmint.txt under / root directory of owner root.

# find / -user root -name tecmint.txt


type
user
2. Find all Files Based on User group
time [-mtime, -atime]
To find all files that belongs to user Tecmint under /home directory. size

# find /home -user tecmint

3. Find all Files Based on Group


To find all files that belongs to group Developer under /home directory.

# find /home -group developer

4. Find Particular Files of User


To find all .txt files of user Tecmint under /home directory.

# find /home -user tecmint -iname "*.txt"

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Part IV – Find Files and Directories Based on Date and Time

1.Find Last 50 Days Modified Files


To find all the files which are modified 50 days back.

# find / -mtime 50

2.Find Last 50 Days Accessed Files


To find all the files which are accessed 50 days back.

# find / -atime 50

3.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

4.Find Changed Files in Last 1 Hour


To find all the files which are changed in the last 1 hour.

# find / -cmin -60

5.Find Modified Files in Last 1 Hour


To find all the files which are modified in the last 1 hour.

# find / -mmin -60

6.Find Accessed Files in Last 1 Hour


To find all the files which are accessed in the last 1 hour.

# find / -amin -60

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Part V – Find Files and Directories Based on Size

Find 50MB Files


To find all 50MB files, use.

# find / -size 50M

Find Size between 50MB – 100MB


To find all the files which are greater than 50MB and less than 100MB.

# find / -size +50M -size -100M

Find and Delete 100MB Files


To find all 100MB files and delete them using one single command.

# find / -type f -size +100M -exec rm -f {} \;

Find Specific Files and Delete


Find all .mp3 files with more than 10MB and delete them using one single
command.

# find / -type f -name *.mp3 -size +10M -exec rm {} \;

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