Post on the find command in Linux.
Find files modified in the last 7 days:
find /opt/ -mtime +7
Finding Files:
find /opt/ -type f -name "abc*"
Finding Directories:
find /opt/ -type d -name "abc*"
Find and Delete:
find /opt/ -mtime +7 -type f -delete
Specific Filename:
find /opt -name myfile.txt
Using Wildcards:
find /opt -name "*.php"
Ignore Case sensitivity:
find /opt -iname "*.Php"
Limit the Depth:
find /opt/ -maxdepth 2 -name "*.php"
Filters - invert:
find /opt/ -not -name "*.php"
or
find /opt/ ! -name "*.php"
Combine Multiple Searches:
# not
find /opt/ -name 'abc*' ! -name '*.php'
# or
find /opt/ '*.php' -o -name '*.txt'
Multiple Directories:
find /opt/ /home/ -type f -name "abc*"
Hidden Files:
find ~ -type f -name ".*"
Certain Permissions:
find . -type f -perm 0664
find . -type f ! -perm 0777
# read only
find /etc -maxdepth 1 -perm /u=r
# executables
find /bin -maxdepth 2 -perm /a=x
Belongs to a user:
find . -user bob
find . -user bob -name '*.php'
Belongs to a group:
find /var/www -group developer
Modified 50days ago:
find / -mtime 50
Accessed in the last 50 days:
find / -atime 50
Modified in a time range:
find / -mtime +50 –mtime -100
Modified in the last 30 Minutes:
find /home/bob -cmin -30
Modified in the last hour:
find / -mmin -60
Access files in the last hour:
find / -amin -60
Files that is 150MB:
find / -size 150M
File size in range:
find / -size +50M -size -100M
Older than, bigger than:
find /opt/ -type f -size +4M -ctime +2
Top 5 Largest Files:
find . -type f -exec ls -s {} \; | sort -n -r | head -5
Top 5 Largest, Ascending order:
find . -type f -exec ls -s {} \; | sort -n | head -5
Empty Files:
find /tmp -type f -empty
Empty Directories:
find /tmp -type d -empty
Delete Matching results:
find /tmp -type f -name "*.txt" -exec rm -f {} \;
Delete files larger than 10MB:
find /home/bob/dir -type f -name *.log -size +10M -exec rm -f {} \;
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