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The document provides a comprehensive list of commands for finding and managing files in a Unix-like operating system. It includes commands for locating files by name, permissions, user, and size, as well as commands for modifying and deleting files. Each command is presented with a brief description of its purpose and usage.

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Find Q&A

The document provides a comprehensive list of commands for finding and managing files in a Unix-like operating system. It includes commands for locating files by name, permissions, user, and size, as well as commands for modifying and deleting files. Each command is presented with a brief description of its purpose and usage.

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1.

Find Files Using Name in Current Directory


Find all the files whose name is classes.txt in a current working directory.
find . -name classes.txt

2. Find Files Under Home Directory


Find all the files under /home directory with name classes.txt.
find /home -name classes.txt

3. Find Files Using Name and Ignoring Case


Find all the files whose name is classes.txt and contains both capital and small
letters in /home directory.
find /home -iname classes.txt

4. Find Directories Using Name


Find all directories whose name is classes in / directory.

find / -type d -name classes

5. Find PHP Files Using Name


Find all php files whose name is classes.php in a current working directory.
find . -type f -name classes.php

6. Find all PHP Files in Directory


Find all php files in a directory.
find . -type f -name "*.php"

Part II – Find Files Based on their Permissions


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

17. Find and remove single File


To find a single file called classes.txt and remove it.
find . -type f -name "nehraclasses.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 nehraclasses.txt under / root directory of owner
root.
find / -user root -name nehraclasses.txt

23. Find all Files Based on User


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

24. Find all Files Based on Group


find /home -group developer

25. Find Particular Files of User


find /home -user nehraclasses -iname "*.txt"

26. Find Last 50 Days Modified Files


find / -mtime 50

27. Find Last 50 Days Accessed Files


find / -atime 50

28. Find Last 50-100 Days Modified Files


find / -mtime +50 –mtime -100

29. Find Changed Files in Last 1 Hour


find / -cmin -60

30. Find Modified Files in Last 1 Hour


find / -mmin -60

31. Find Accessed Files in Last 1 Hour


find / -amin -60

32. Find 50MB Files


find / -size 50M

33. Find Size between 50MB – 100MB


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

34. Find and Delete 100MB Files


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

35. Find Specific Files and Delete


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

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