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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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<code>[[wikipedia: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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[[find --help]]
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== Options ==
 
== Options ==
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* 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>find . -name "*"</code>
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* 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>
 
* List [[files]] but not [[directories]]: <code>[[find . -type f]]</code>
 
* List [[files]] but not [[directories]]: <code>[[find . -type f]]</code>
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* [[Delete]] files older than 5 days
 
* [[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 -print</code>
** <code>find /path/to/directory/ -mindepth 1 -mtime +5 -delete</code> [1]
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** <code>find /path/to/directory/ -mindepth 1 -mtime +5 [[-delete]]</code> [1]
  
 
[[/usr/lib/php/sessionclean (shell script)]]
 
[[/usr/lib/php/sessionclean (shell script)]]
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== Activities ==
 
== Activities ==
# Identify differences between <code>find</code> and <code>[[ls]]</code>
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* Identify differences between <code>find</code> and <code>[[ls]]</code>
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* Read https://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/find?tab=Votes
  
 
== Related terms ==
 
== Related terms ==
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* <code>[[ls]]</code>
 
* <code>[[ls]]</code>
 
* <code>[[multipass find]]</code>
 
* <code>[[multipass find]]</code>
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* <code>[[aws-find]]</code>
 
* <code>[[-maxdepth]]</code>
 
* <code>[[-maxdepth]]</code>
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* [[Find My Device]]
  
 
== See also ==
 
== See also ==
* {{fs}}
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* {{find}}
 
* {{Linux filesystem commands}}
 
* {{Linux filesystem commands}}
* [[wikipedia:Find_(Windows)]]
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* [[find_(Windows)]]
 
* {{mount}}
 
* {{mount}}
 
* {{du}}
 
* {{du}}
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[[Category:Linux commands]]
 
[[Category:Linux commands]]
 
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[[Category:find]]
  
 
{{CC license}}
 
{{CC license}}
 
Source: https://en.wikiversity.org/wiki/Linux/Basic_commands/find
 
Source: https://en.wikiversity.org/wiki/Linux/Basic_commands/find

Latest revision as of 09:58, 22 May 2024

find[1] is a command-line utility that searches for files in one or more directory trees of a file system. Available in Linux, included in findutils packages, and in Windows.

find --help


Options[edit]

  • -xdev or -mount Don't descend/traverse directories on other filesystems.

Linux Example commands[edit]

  • Search files between a size range:
    • find . -size +10G
    • find . -size +100k -a -size -500k
  • Search empty files: find . -size 0k
  • Search non-empty files: find . ! -size 0k
  • One line listing with sizes using ls and find: ls -ldh $(find /path/to/search/)
  • One line filename and directory listing with full path: find . -name "*"
  • One line filename and NOT directory . listing with full path: find . -type f -exec ls \{\} \;
  • List files but not directories: find . -type f
  • Search for hard links: find /path/to/search -samefile /path/to/your/file[2] (See also: stat)
  • Order by size:
    • find . -type f -ls | sort -rnk7 | more or ls -lR | grep '^-' | sort -rnk5
      • find / -type f -not -path "/proc*" -ls | sort -rnk7 | more
    • find . -ls 2>&1 | sort -rnk7 | more
  • Compress files with xz using all CPUs :
    • find . -type f -not -name \*.xz -exec xz -T0 --verbose \{\} \;
  • Delete files older than 5 days
    • find /path/to/directory/ -mindepth 1 -mtime +5 -print
    • find /path/to/directory/ -mindepth 1 -mtime +5 -delete [1]

/usr/lib/php/sessionclean (shell script)

  • find "/proc/$pid/fd" -ignore_readdir_race -lname "$save_path/sess_*" -exec touch -c {} \

Activities[edit]

Related terms[edit]

See also[edit]

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

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