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Find

Find Files Using Name in Current Directory

# find . -name blaat.txt

./blaat.txt

Find Files Under Home Directory

# find /home -name blaat.txt

/home/blaat.txt

Find Files Using Name and Ignoring Case

# find /home -iname blaat.txt

./blaat.txt
./Blaat.txt

Find Directories Using Name

# find / -type d -name blaat

/blaat

Find PHP Files Using Name

# find . -type f -name blaat.php

./blaat.php

Find all PHP Files in the Directory

# find . -type f -name "*.php"

./blaat.php
./login.php
./index.php

Find and remove Multiple File

# find . -type f -name "*.txt" -exec rm -f {} \;

OR

# find . -type f -name "*.mp3" -exec rm -f {} \;

Find Last 50 Days Modified Files

# find / -mtime 50

Find Last 50 Days Accessed Files

# find / -atime 50

Source:
https://www.tecmint.com/35-practical-examples-of-linux-find-command/

Last updated on 6 Sep 2021
Published on 6 Sep 2021
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