Use of Find

Format of the Find command: Find [-path]-options [-print-exec-ok]

Path

: The directory path to find.

~ Represents the $home directory

. Indicates the current directory

/represents the root directory

-print: Indicates output of the result to standard output
-exec: Executes the shell command given by the parameter to the matching file. The form is command {} \; , note {} and \; There are spaces between
-ok: As with-exec, the difference is that a prompt is given before the command is executed to let the user confirm whether

the

options are commonly used with the following option:

-name Search by name

-perm Install permissions find

-prune no longer found under the currently specified directory

-user File owner to

find-group belongs to group to find

-nogroup find files with no valid owning group

-nouser Find files

with no valid owner -type Search by file type

Here are some simple examples to illustrate the general use of the next find:

1. Search by name

In the current directory and subdirectories, find the TXT file at the beginning of the capital letter

1. [[email protected] ~]# find. -name ' [A-z]*.txt '-print

In/etc and its subdirectories, look for files at the beginning of host

1. [Email protected] ~]# find/etc-name ' host* '-print

In the $home directory and its subdirectories, find all Files

1. [[email protected] ~]# Find ~-name ' * '-print

In the current directory and subdirectories, find the TXT file that is not the beginning of the out

1. [email protected]. code]# Find. -name "out*"-prune-o-name "*.txt"-print

2. Search by directory

Search for txt files in subdirectories other than AA in the current directory

1. [email protected]. code]# Find. -path "./aa"-prune-o-name "*.txt"-print

Find txt files in the current directory and subdirectories other than AA and BB

1. [email protected]. code]# Find.−PATH"./Aa"−o−patH". /bB" -prune-o-name "*.txt"-print

In the current directory, no longer subdirectories, find txt files

1. [email protected]. code]# Find. ! -name "."-type d-prune-o-type f-name "*.txt"-print

3. Search by permissions

In the current directory and subdirectories, look for the master with read and write execution, and other files with reading Execute permission

1. [[email protected] ~]# find. -perm 755-print

4. Search by Type

In the current directory and subdirectories, locate the symbolic link file

1. [email protected]. code]# Find. -type L-print

5. According to the owner and genus Group

Find files that belong to www

1. [email protected]. code]# Find/-user www-type F-print

Find files that belong to the main deleted

1. [email protected]. code]# Find/-nouser-type F-print

Find files belonging to the group MySQL

1. [[Email protected]lhost. code]# Find/-group mysql-type F-print

Find files deleted by user group

1. [email protected]. code]# Find/-nogroup-type F-print

6. Search by Time

Find files that have been changed in 2 days

1. [email protected]. code]# Find. -mtime-2-type F-print

Find files that have been changed 2 days ago

1. [email protected]. code]# Find. -mtime +2-type F-print

Find files that are accessed in a day

1. [email protected]. code]# Find. -atime-1-type F-print

Find files that were accessed a day ago

1. [email protected]. code]# Find. -atime +1-type F-print

Find files that are changed in the day

1. [email protected]. code]# Find. -ctime-1-type F-print

Find a day ago state changed file

1. [email protected]. code]# Find. -ctime +1-type F-print

Find files with status changed 10 minutes ago

1. [email protected]. code]# Find. -cmin +10-type F-print

7, according to the old and new documents

Find a new file than Aa.txt

1. [email protected]. code]# Find. -newer "Aa.txt"-type f-print

Look for older files than Aa.txt

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1. [email protected]. code]# Find. ! -newer "Aa.txt"-type f-print

Find newer than aa.txt, older than bb.txt files

1. [email protected]. code]# Find. -newer ' Aa.txt '! -newer ' Bb.txt '-type f-print

8. Search by size

Find files that are over 1M

1. [email protected]. code]# Find/-size +1m-type F-print

Find files that are equal to 6 bytes

1. [email protected]. code]# Find. -size 6c-print

Find files that are less than 32k

1. [email protected]. code]# Find. -size-32k-print

9. Execution of Orders

Find Del.txt and delete, prompt confirmation before deleting

1. [email protected]. code]# Find. -name ' Del.txt '-ok rm {} \;

Find Aa.txt and back up as Aa.txt.bak

1. [email protected]. code]# Find. -name ' Aa.txt '-exec cp {} {}.bak \;

Find Aa.txt Archive compressed to aa.txt.tar.gz and remove Aa.txt

1. Find. -name "Aa.txt"-type f-exec tar-zcvf {}.tar.gz {} \; -exec RM-RF {} \; >/dev/null

Use of Find