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Linux CMD "Find" With Options

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#find

The Linux Find Command is one of the most important and frequently used
command command-line utility in Unix-like operating systems. 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.
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.

1. 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

2. Find Files Under Home Directory


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

# find /home -name tecmint.txt

/home/tecmint.txt

3. 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
./Tecmint.txt

4. Find Directories Using Name


Find all directories whose name is Tecmint in / directory.
# find / -type d -name Tecmint

/Tecmint

5. 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

6. Find all PHP Files in Directory


Find all php files in a directory.

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

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

7. Find Files With 777 Permissions


Find all the files whose permissions are 777.

# find . -type f -perm 0777 -print

8. Find Files Without 777 Permissions


Find all the files without permission 777.

# find / -type f ! -perm 777

9. Find SGID Files with 644 Permissions


Find all the SGID bit files whose permissions set to 644.
# find / -perm 2644

10. Find Sticky Bit Files with 551 Permissions


Find all the Sticky Bit set files whose permission are 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

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

15. 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 {} \;

16. 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 {} \;

17. 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 {} \;

18. 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 {} \;

19. Find all Empty Files


To find all empty files under a certain path.

# find /tmp -type f -empty

20. Find all Empty Directories


To file all empty directories under a certain path.
# find /tmp -type d -empty

21. File all Hidden Files


To find all hidden files, use the below command.

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

22. 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

23. Find all Files Based on User


To find all files that belong to user Tecmint under /home directory.

# find /home -user tecmint

24. Find all Files Based on Group


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

# find /home -group developer

25. Find Particular Files of User


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

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

26. Find Last 50 Days Modified Files


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

# find / -mtime 50
27. Find Last 50 Days Accessed Files
To find all the files which are accessed 50 days back.

# find / -atime 50

28. 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

29. Find Changed Files in Last 1 Hour


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

34. 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 {} \;

35. 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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