Linux Find Command 35 implementation examples

1. Use the-name option to find files in the current directory

# Find. -name Tecmint.txt./tecmint.txt

2. Find the file in the/home directory

# Find/home-name Tecmint.txt/home/tecmint.txt

3. Use name/ignoring to find files, ignoring case

# Find/home-iname Tecmint.txt./tecmint.txt./tecmint.txt

4. Use the [-name/-type] option to find the directory.

# Find/-type d-name Tecmint/tecmint

5. Use the-name option to find PHP files

# Find. -type F-name tecmint.php./tecmint.php

6. Find all the PHP files in a directory

# Find. -type f-name "*.php"./tecmint.php./login.php./index.php

7. Find all files with 777 permissions

# Find. -type F-perm 0777-print

8. Find all files with no 777 permissions

# Find/-type f! -perm 777

9. Find all 644 permissions for the Sgid file

# Find/-perm 2644

10. Find the sticky Bit file for 551 permissions

# Find/-perm 1551

Note: Sticky Bit--Directory restriction identifier.11. Find all Suid files

# Find/-perm/u=s

Note: suid--User ID12. Find all Sgid files

# Find/-perm/g=s

Note: sgid--group identification13. Find all read-only files

# Find/-perm/u=r

14. Find all execution files

# Find/-perm/a=x

15. Find all 777 permission files and modify them to 644 permissions

# Find/-type f-perm 0777-print-exec chmod 644 {} \;

16. Find all 777 permission directories and modify them to 755 permissions

# Find/-type d-perm 777-print-exec chmod 755 {} \;

17. Find a separate file and delete it

# Find. -type f-name "Tecmint.txt"-exec rm-f {} \;

18. Find multiple files and delete them

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

19. Find all empty files

# Find/tmp-type F-empty

20. Find All empty directories

# Find/tmp-type D-empty

21. Find all hidden files in the directory

# Find/tmp-type F-name ". *"

22. Locate the file in the user root directory

# Find/-user root-name tecmint.txt

23. Find all files belonging to user Tecmint in the/home directory

# Find/home-user Tecmint

24. Under the/home directory-belongs toDeveloper Group All Files

# Find/home-group Developer

25. Find all txt text files in the Tecrnint user-/home directory

# find/home-user Tecmint-iname "*.txt"

26. Find all files modified in the last 50 days

# Find/-mtime 50

27. Find all files accessed within 50 days

# Find/-atime 50

28. Find all files that have been modified within 50-100 days

# Find/-mtime +50–mtime-100

29. Find all files changed within 1 hours

# Find/-cmin-60

30. Find all files modified within 1 hours

# Find/-mmin-60

31. Find all the files accessed within 1 hours

# Find/-amin-60

32. Find all files of length 50MB

# Find/-size 50M

33. Find all files of length in 50MB-100MB

# Find/-size +50m-size-100m

34. Find and delete all files larger than 100MB

# Find/-size +100m-exec rm-rf {} \;

35. Find all files that are larger than 10MB and delete them mp3

# Find/-type f-name *.mp3-size +10m-exec rm {} \;

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Linux Find Command 35 implementation examples