Ways to find hidden files in Linux using the Find command

We can use the Find command on a Linux or Unix system to query all (all) hidden files

The basic syntax is as follows:

Copy CodeThe code is as follows: [[email protected] ~] #find/To find the article/Piece/clip/-name ". *"-print

Explain:

1. ". *" indicates the name of the file to find. Because Linux/unix's hidden files and folder names are in "." Start with. The * indicates a wildcard, meaning to find all file names and folder names, to "." to start files and folders.
2.-print represents the result of a print lookup. Same as-ls function

Or

Copy CodeThe code is as follows: [[email protected] ~] #find/To find the article/Piece/clip/-name ". *"-ls

Or just search for hidden files:

Copy CodeThe code is as follows: [[email protected] ~] #find/To find the article/Piece/clip/-type f-iname ". *"-ls

Or just search for hidden folders:

Copy CodeThe code is as follows: [[email protected] ~] #find/To find the article/Piece/clip/-type d-iname ". *"-ls

Explain:
-type: Specifies the type of file to be searched, whether it is a folder or a file, to be used with F or D
F: The meaning of the document, the document in English is file.
D: On behalf of folders, folders in English is directory
-iname: The case is ignored when matching file names are indicated. For example, find "fo*", then "foo", "foo" will match.

Or

Copy CodeThe code is as follows: [[email protected] ~] #find/To find the article/Piece/clip/-path ' */.* '-print</p> <p>[[email protected] ~] #find/To find the article/Piece/clamp /-path ' */.* '-ls

For an explanation of the-path parameter, see another article, "The function of the-path parameter in the Find command (meaning) explanation"

In the following example, find all hidden files and folders under $HOME ($HOME is the user's home directory, you can use the (echo $HOME command to see, you know the meaning)

Copy CodeThe code is as follows: [[email protected] ~] #find $HOME-name ". *"-ls #已经递归查询了

The output is as follows:

Copy CodeThe code is as follows:
553607 4-rw-r--r--1 root root (SEP) 2004./.CSHRC
6553664 4-rw-------1 root root 04:40./.rnd
6553604 4-rw-r--r--1 root root./.bash_logout
6553665 4 drwx------2 root root 4096 Dec/.gnupg
6553671 0-rw-------1 root root 0 Dec./.gnupg/secring.gpg
6553669 0-rw-------1 root root 0 Dec./.gnupg/pubring.gpg~
6553673 4-rw-------1 root root 899 Dec./.gnupg/pubring.gpg
6553667 8-rw-------1 root root 7856 Dec./.gnupg/gpg.conf
6553668 4-rw-------1 root root./.gnupg/trustdb.gpg
6553602 20-rw-------1 root root 17462 Apr 7 10:55./.bash_history
6553610 4 drwx------3 root root 4096 Jan/.config
6553660 4 drwx------2 root root 4096 Jan/.config/htop
6553681 4-rw-r--r--1 root root 597 Apr./.CONFIG/HTOP/HTOPRC
6553723 12-rw-------1 root root 9629 Mar 23:56./.viminfo
6553615 4 drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 Nov/.original-configs

To store the results in a text file foo.txt, use the output redirection command as follows:

Copy CodeThe code is as follows:
[[Email protected] ~] #find $HOME-name ". *"-ls > Foo.txt
[[Email protected] ~] #cat foo.txt # View the contents of the Foo.txt file, which is the result of the Find command

The following assumes that I want to view hidden files and folders under/home/www/and save the results to foo.txt. Use the following command:

Copy CodeThe code is as follows:
[[Email protected] ~] #find/home/www/-name ". *-ls > Foo.txt

Ways to find hidden files in Linux using the Find command