Date Posted: 28-03-2017<\/strong><\/p>\n Find is a command which is used to find files and directories based on various scenario. In this post, we will explain find command and usage with some examples.<\/p>\n Find a filename called test.txt<\/span> on the directory \/home\/pheonixsolutions. The below command\u00a0search all the directories and report\u00a0test.txt.<\/p>\n Find filename starts test and extension is txt(say test1.txt, test2.txt, test3.txt).<\/p>\n Find directory named called dir\u00a0<\/em>on the current working directory(for current working directory, we will be using .)<\/p>\n Find directory named called dir<\/em> with maximum of 2 sub directories<\/p>\n Find directory named called dir<\/em> with minimum of 2 directories.<\/p>\n Find the file which has permission of 644.<\/p>\n Execute commands to the find command result. 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\/home\/pheonixsolutions\/ -type f -name test.txt<\/code><\/p>\nfind \/home\/pheonixsolutions\/ -type f -name test*.txt<\/code><\/p>\n\/home\/pheonixsolutions\/test1.txt\r\n\/home\/pheonixsolutions\/test2.txt\r\n\/home\/pheonixsolutions\/test3.txt\r\n<\/pre>\n
find . -type d -name dir<\/code><\/p>\n.\/dir1\/dir\r\n.\/dir<\/pre>\n
find . -type d -name dir -maxdepth 2<\/code><\/p>\n.\/dir1\/dir\r\n.\/dir<\/pre>\n
find . -type d -name dir -mindepth 2<\/code><\/p>\n.\/dir1\/dir\r\n.\/dir1\/dir2\/dir<\/pre>\n
find . -type f -perm 644<\/code><\/p>\n.\/dir1\/file1.txt\r\n\/dir\/dir1\/file2.txt\r\nfile.txt<\/pre>\n
find . -type f -exec ls -la\u00a0<\/code><\/p>\nfind . type f -exec chmod 644 {} \\;<\/code><\/p>\nfind . type f |xargs ls -la\u00a0<\/code><\/p>\nfind . -type f |xargs -I {} mv {} {}_bak<\/code><\/p>\nfind . -type f -mtime +3<\/code><\/p>\nfind . -type f -mtime +5 -exec rm {} \\;<\/code><\/p>\nfind . -type f -atime +5<\/code><\/p>\nfind . -type f -user pheonixsolutions<\/code><\/p>\nfind . -type f -group pheonixsolutions<\/code><\/p>\n