A. Find Files Using Name in Current Directory
Find all the files whose name is sahil.txt in a current working directory.
# find . -name sahil.txt ./sahil.txt
B. Find Files Under /var Directory
Find all the files under /var directory with name sahil.txt.
# find /var -name sahil.txt /var/sahil.txt
C. Find Files Using Name and Ignoring Case
Find all the files whose name is sahil.txt and contains both capital and small letters in /home directory.
# find /home -iname sahil.txt ./sahil.txt ./Sahil.txt
D. Find Directories Using Name
Find all directories whose name is Sahil in / directory.
# find / -type d -name Sahil /Sahil
E. Find PHP Files Using Name
Find all php files whose name is sahil.php in a current working directory.
# find . -type f -name sahil.php ./sahil.php
E. Find all PHP Files in Directory
Find all php files in a directory.
# find . -type f -name "*.php" ./sahil.php ./login.php ./index.php
F. Find Files With 777 Permissions
Find all the files whose permissions are 777.
# find . -type f -perm 0777 -print
G. Find Files Without 777 Permissions
Find all the files without permission 777.
# find / -type f ! -perm 777
H. Find Read Only Files
Find all Read Only files.
# find / -perm /u=r
I. Find Executable Files
Find all Executable files.
# find / -perm /a=x
J. Find Files with 777 Permissions and Chmod to 644
Find all 777 permission files and use chmod command to set permissions to 644.
# find / -type f -perm 0777 -print -exec chmod 644 {} \;
K. Find Directories with 777 Permissions and Chmod to 755
Find all 777 permission directories and use chmod command to set permissions to 755.
# find / -type d -perm 777 -print -exec chmod 755 {} \;
L. Find and remove single File
To find a single file called sahil.txt and remove it.
# find . -type f -name "sahil.txt" -exec rm -f {} \;
N. Find and remove Multiple File
To find and remove multiple files such as .mp3 or .txt, then use.
# find . -type f -name "*.txt" -exec rm -f {} \;
OR
# find . -type f -name "*.mp3" -exec rm -f {} \;
O. Find all Empty Files
To file all empty files under certain path.
# find /tmp -type f -empty
P. Find all Empty Directories
To file all empty directories under certain path.
# find /tmp -type d -empty
Q. File all Hidden Files
To find all hidden files, use below command.
# find /tmp -type f -name ".*"
R. Find Single File Based on User
To find all or single file called sahil.txt under /root directory of owner root.
# find / -user root -name sahil.txt
S. Find all Files Based on Group
To find all files that belongs to group Developer under /home directory.
# find /home -group developer
T. Find Particular Files of User
To find all .txt files of user Sahil under /home directory.
# find /home -user sahil -iname "*.txt"
U. Find Last 50 Days Modified Files
To find all the files which are modified 50 days back.
# find / -mtime 50
V. Find Last 50 Days Accessed Files
To find all the files which are accessed 50 days back.
# find / -atime 50
W. Find Last 50-100 Days Modified Files
To find all the files which are modified more than 50 days back and less than 100 days.
# find / -mtime +50 –mtime -100
X. Find Changed Files in Last 1 Hour
To find all the files which are changed in last 1 hour.
# find / -cmin -60
Y. Find Modified Files in Last 1 Hour
To find all the files which are modified in last 1 hour.
# find / -mmin -60
Z. Find Accessed Files in Last 1 Hour
To find all the files which are accessed in last 1 hour.
# find / -amin -60
Za. Find 50MB Files
To find all 50MB files, use.
# find / -size 50M
Zb. Find Size between 50MB – 100MB
To find all the files which are greater than 50MB and less than 100MB.
# find / -size +50M -size -100M
Zc. Find and Delete 100MB Files
To find all 100MB files and delete them using one single command.
# find / -size +10M -exec rm -rf {} \;
Zd. Find Specific Files and Delete
Find all .mp3 files with more than 10MB and delete them using one single command.
# find / -type f -name *.mp3 -size +10M -exec ls -l {} \;