Editing Find

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<code>[[w:find (Unix)|find]]</code><ref>http://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man1/find.1.html</ref> is a command-line utility that searches for files in one or more directory trees of a file system. Available in Linux, included in <code>[[findutils]]</code> packages, and in Windows.

== Options ==
* <code>[[-xdev]]</code> or <code>-mount</code> Don't descend/traverse directories on other filesystems.

== Linux Example commands ==
* Search files between a size range:
** <code>[[find .]] -size +10G</code>
** <code>find . -size +100k -a -size -500k</code>
* Search empty files: <code>find . -size 0k</code>
* Search non-empty files: <code>find . ! -size 0k</code>
* One line listing with sizes using ls and find: <code>[[linux/Basic commands/ls|ls]] -ldh $(find /path/to/search/)</code>
* One line filename and directory listing with full path: <code>find . -name "*"</code>
* One line filename and NOT directory . listing with full path: <code>find . -type f -exec ls \{\} \;</code>
* List [[files]] but not [[directories]]: <code>[[find . -type f]]</code>

* Search for [[hard links]]: <code>find /path/to/search -samefile /path/to/your/file</code><ref>https://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/how-to-find-all-hard-links-in-a-directory-on-linux/</ref> (See also: <code>stat</code>)
* Order by size: 
** <code>find . -type f -ls | sort -[[rnk7]] | more</code> or <code>[[ls]] -lR | grep '^-' | sort -rnk5</code>
*** <code>find / -type f -not -path "/[[proc]]*" -ls | sort -rnk7 | more</code>
** <code>find . -ls 2>&1 | sort -rnk7 | more</code>

* Compress files with <code>[[xz]]</code> using all [[CPU]]s :
** <code>find . -type f -not -name \*.xz -exec [[xz]] -[[T0]] --verbose \{\} \;</code>

* [[Delete]] files older than 5 days
** <code>find /path/to/directory/ -mindepth 1 -mtime +5 -print</code>
** <code>find /path/to/directory/ -mindepth 1 -mtime +5 [[-delete]]</code> [1]

[[/usr/lib/php/sessionclean (shell script)]]
* <code>find "/proc/$pid/fd" -ignore_readdir_race -[[lname]] "$save_path/sess_*" -[[exec]] [[touch]] -c {} \</code>

== Activities ==
* Identify differences between <code>find</code> and <code>[[ls]]</code>
* Read https://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/find?tab=Votes

== Related terms ==
* <code>[[df]]</code>
* <code>[[du]]</code>: <code>du -sh -- *</code>
* <code>[[docker volume ls]]</code> and <code>[[docker system df]]</code>
* [[mtime]]
* [[MongoDB]]: <code>db.YOUR_[[COLLETION]]_NAME.[[find]] ()</code>
* <code>[[ls]]</code>
* <code>[[multipass find]]</code>
* <code>[[-maxdepth]]</code>

== See also ==
* {{fs}}
* {{Linux filesystem commands}}
* [[wikipedia:Find_(Windows)]]
* {{mount}}
* {{du}}


[[Category:Linux commands]]
[[Category:find]]

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Source: https://en.wikiversity.org/wiki/Linux/Basic_commands/find