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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. | |
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== Linux Example commands == | == Linux Example commands == | ||
* Search files between a size range: | * Search files between a size range: | ||
| − | ** <code> | + | ** <code>find . -size +10G</code> |
** <code>find . -size +100k -a -size -500k</code> | ** <code>find . -size +100k -a -size -500k</code> | ||
* Search empty files: <code>find . -size 0k</code> | * Search empty files: <code>find . -size 0k</code> | ||
* Search non-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 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> | + | * 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> | * One line filename and NOT directory . listing with full path: <code>find . -type f -exec ls \{\} \;</code> | ||
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* 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>) | * 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: | * Order by size: | ||
| − | ** <code>find . -type f -ls | sort - | + | ** <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 / -type f -not -path "/[[proc]]*" -ls | sort -rnk7 | more</code> | ||
** <code>find . -ls 2>&1 | sort -rnk7 | more</code> | ** <code>find . -ls 2>&1 | sort -rnk7 | more</code> | ||
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* Compress files with <code>[[xz]]</code> using all [[CPU]]s : | * Compress files with <code>[[xz]]</code> using all [[CPU]]s : | ||
** <code>find . -type f -not -name \*.xz -exec [[xz]] -[[T0]] --verbose \{\} \;</code> | ** <code>find . -type f -not -name \*.xz -exec [[xz]] -[[T0]] --verbose \{\} \;</code> | ||
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== Activities == | == Activities == | ||
| − | + | # Identify differences between <code>find</code> and <code>[[ls]]</code> | |
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== Related terms == | == Related terms == | ||
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* <code>[[docker volume ls]]</code> and <code>[[docker system df]]</code> | * <code>[[docker volume ls]]</code> and <code>[[docker system df]]</code> | ||
* [[mtime]] | * [[mtime]] | ||
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== See also == | == See also == | ||
| − | * {{ | + | * {{fs}} |
* {{Linux filesystem commands}} | * {{Linux filesystem commands}} | ||
| − | * [[ | + | * [[wikipedia:Find_(Windows)]] |
* {{mount}} | * {{mount}} | ||
* {{du}} | * {{du}} | ||
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[[Category:Linux commands]] | [[Category:Linux commands]] | ||
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{{CC license}} | {{CC license}} | ||
Source: https://en.wikiversity.org/wiki/Linux/Basic_commands/find | Source: https://en.wikiversity.org/wiki/Linux/Basic_commands/find | ||
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