A description of the Find command for Linux basic commands

Examples of find common usages in Linux

Find Path-option [-print] [-exec-ok command] {} \;

Parameters for the Find command

The directory path that the Path:find command looks for, for example, to represent the current directory, and/to represent the system root directory.

The-print:find command outputs the matched file to the standard output

The-exec:find command executes the matching file with the shell command given by the parameter, in the form of ' command ' {} \; note {} \; there are spaces between

-ok and-exec are the same, except that the shell command given by this parameter is executed in a more secure mode, and a prompt is given before each command to allow the user to confirm the execution

-name filename Lookup by file name

-perm to find by permissions

-user username Search by user name

-group groupname to find by group

-mtime-n +n by file modification time to find, n n days, +n n days ago

-atime-n +n by file access time to find, n n days, +n n days ago

-ctime-n +n by file creation time, n n days, +n n days ago

-nogroup

-nouser

-newer F1!F2

-type/b/d/c/l/f

-size N[c]

-depth

-fstype

-cpio

A description of the Find command for Linux basic commands