Find

find 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 (w:Find_(Windows)).

Linux Example commands

• 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 \{\} \;
• Search for hard links: find /path/to/search -samefile /path/to/your/file (See also: stat)
• Order by size:
  • find . -type f -ls | sort -rnk7 | more
  • find . -ls 2>&1 | sort -rnk7 | more

Activities

1. Identify differences between find and ls

See also

• ls
• locate
• w:Find_(Windows)
• mount and findmnt
• du: du -sh -- *

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