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Search the current directory recursively for files with the exact permissions u=rwx,g=rx,o=rx
find . -perm a=rwx,g-w,o-w
Search the current directory recursively for files with the exact permissions u=rwx,g=rx,o=rx
find . -perm u=rwx,g=rx,o=rx
Search the current directory recursively for files writable for `others'
find . -perm -o+w
Search the current directory recursively for the largest files
find . -type f -printf '%20s %p\n' | sort -n | cut -b22- | tr '\n' '\000' | xargs -0 ls -laSr
Search the current directory recursively for MOV files
find . -iname *.mov
Search the current directory recursively for MOV files, following symlinks
find . -iname "*.mov" -follow
Search the current directory recursively for regular files last accessed 2 days ago
find . type -f -atime 2
Search the current directory recursively for regular files last accessed 2 minutes ago
find . type -f -amin 2
Search the current directory recursively for regular files last accessed less than 2 days ago
find . type -f -atime -2
Search the current directory recursively for regular files last accessed less than 2 minutes ago
find . type -f -amin -2
Search the current directory recursively for regular files last accessed more than 2 days ago
find . type -f -atime +2
Search the current directory recursively for regular files last accessed more than 2 minutes ago
find . type -f -amin +2
Search the current directory recursively for regular files last changed 2 days ago
find . type -f -ctime 2
Search the current directory recursively for regular files last changed less than 2 days ago
find . type -f -ctime -2
Search the current directory recursively for regular files last changed more than 2 days ago
find . type -f -ctime +2
Search the current directory recursively for regular files last modified less than 2 days ago
find . type -f -mtime -2
Search the current directory recursively for regular files modified 2 days ago
find . type -f -mtime 2
Search the current directory recursively for regular files, skipping hidden files in the current directory
find * -type f -print
Search the current directory recursively for regular files that have been changed less than 3 days ago and print 5 of them.
find . -type f -ctime -3 | tail -n 5
Search the current directory recursively for regular files with the extension given as variable $extension
find . -type f -name "*.$extension"
Search the current directory recursively for regular files with the read permission set for everybody
find -type f ! -perm -444
Search the current directory tree for *.c and *.asm files, ignoring the case
find . -type f \( -iname "*.c" -or -iname "*.asm" \)
Search the current directory tree for *.conf and *.txt files
find . -type f \( -name "*.conf" -or -name "*.txt" \) -print
Search the current directory tree for *.wav files that have "export" in their pathnames
find -type f -name "*.wav" | grep export
Search the current directory tree for *bash* files
find . -name "*bash*"
Search the current directory tree for *bash* files printing them on a single line
find . -name "*bash*" | xargs
Search the current directory tree for *cache, *xml, and *html files
find . -type f \( -name "*cache" -o -name "*xml" -o -name "*html" \)
Search the current directory tree for .VER files
find . -name "*.VER"
Search the current directory tree for .aux files
find . -name ".aux"
Search the current directory tree for .rb files ignoring the "./vendor" subdirectory
find . -name '*.rb' ! -wholename "./vendor/*" -print
Search the current directory tree for a regular file named "file_name"
find . -type f -name file_name
Search the current directory tree for all .java files that were last modified at least 7 days ago
find . -name '*.java' -mtime +7 -print
Search the current directory tree for all files except SVN ones
find . ! -regex ".*[/]\.svn[/]?.*"
Search the current directory tree for all files except SVN ones
find . -not -iwholename '*.svn*'
Search the current directory tree for all files except SVN ones
find . | grep -v \.svn
Search the current directory tree for all files matching either pattern "*.rb" or pattern "*.py"
find . -name "*.rb" -or -name "*.py"
Search the current directory tree for all files matching regular expression ".*\.rb$"
find . -regex ".*\\.rb$"
Search the current directory tree for all image files
find . -type f -regex ".*\.\(jpg\|jpeg\|gif\|png\|JPG\|JPEG\|GIF\|PNG\)"
Search the current directory tree for all regular files matching pattern "*.rb"
find . -name "*.rb" -type f
Search the current directory tree for an html file having the text 'Web sites' in it
find . -type f -iname \*.html -exec grep -s "Web sites" {} \;
Search the current directory tree for directories
find "$PWD" -type d
Search the current directory tree for directories
find $PWD -type d
Search the current directory tree for directories lacking execute permissions for user, group, or others
find . -type d ! -perm -111
Search the current directory tree for executable files
find . -type f -executable -print
Search the current directory tree for executable files and searchable directories
find -executable
Search the current directory tree for executable regular files
find . -executable -type f
Search the current directory tree for executable regular files
find . -type f -executable -exec file {} \; | grep -wE "executable|shared object|ELF|script|a\.out"
Search the current directory tree for file "a.txt"
find . -name "a.txt" -print
Search the current directory tree for file `teste.tex'
find -name teste.tex
Search the current directory tree for files AAA and BBB
find . \( -name AAA -o -name BBB \) -print
Search the current directory tree for files and directories called "test"
find . -name test -print
Search the current directory tree for files and directories whose names begin with "pro"
find . -name pro\*
Search the current directory tree for files and directories whose names do not end in ".exe" and ".dll"
find . ! \( -name "*.exe" -o -name "*.dll" \)
Search the current directory tree for files and directories whose names do not end in ".exe" and ".dll"
find . -name \*.exe -o -name \*.dll -o -print
Search the current directory tree for files and directories whose names do not end in ".exe" and ".dll"
find . -not -name "*.exe" -not -name "*.dll"
Search the current directory tree for files and directories whose names do not end in "exe" and "dll"
find . | grep -v '(dll|exe)$'
Search the current directory tree for files containing "album" and "vacations" in their names and not containing "2015"
find . -name "*album*" -a -name "*vacations*" -a -not -name "*2015*"
Search the current directory tree for files containing "needle" in their names
find . -iname "*needle*"
Search the current directory tree for files containing "sh" in their names
find . -name "*sh*"
Search the current directory tree for files containing "string" in their path names
find | egrep string
Search the current directory tree for files executable by at least someone
find . -type f -perm +111 -print
Search the current directory tree for files last accessed more than 10 days ago
find . -atime +10
Search the current directory tree for files matching regular expression '^myfile[0-9][0-9]?$'
find . -\( -name "myfile[0-9][0-9]" -o -name "myfile[0-9]" \)
Search the current directory tree for files matching sed regular expression '.*myfile[0-9]\{1,2\}'
find . -regextype sed -regex '.*myfile[0-9]\{1,2\}'
Search the current directory tree for files named "accepted_hits.bam"
find . -name "accepted_hits.bam"
Search the current directory tree for files named "accepted_hits.bam"
find `pwd` -name "accepted_hits.bam"
Search the current directory tree for files named "somename", case insensitive
find -iname 'somename'
Search the current directory tree for files named 'Subscription.java'
find . -name 'Subscription.java'
Search the current directory tree for files that are less than 50kb
find . -size -50k
Search the current directory tree for files whose names are not "a.txt"
find . ! -name "a.txt" -print
Search the current directory tree for files whose names begin with "my" and end with "p" followed by any character
find . -regex ".*/my.*p.$"
Search the current directory tree for files whose names begin with 'my'
find . -name 'my*'
Search the current directory tree for files whose names contain "TextForRename"
find ./ -name "*TextForRename*"
Search the current directory tree for files whose names contain "bills"
find . -name '*bills*' -print
Search the current directory tree for files whose names end in "rb" or "js"
find . -name "*js" -o -name "*rb"
Search the current directory tree for files whose names end in "rb" or "js"
find . -regextype posix-egrep -regex ".*(rb|js)$"
Search the current directory tree for files whose names end in "rb" or "js" and which contain string "matchNameHere"
find . -regextype posix-ergep -regex ".*(rb|js)$" -exec grep -l matchNameHere {} \;
Search the current directory tree for files whose names match regular expression '.*packet.*', ignoring the case
find . -iregex ".*packet.*"
Search the current directory tree for files whose names do not end in "1" and "2"
find . -type f ! -name "*1" ! -name "*2" -print
Search the current directory tree for files whose names start with "f"
find . -name f* -print
Search the current directory tree for the files with extension "trc" and list them if they are more than three days old
find . -name "*.trc" -ctime +3 -exec ls -l {} \;
Search the current directory tree for the files with extension "trc" and remove them if they are more than three days old
find . -name "*.trc" -ctime +3 -exec rm -f {} \;
Search the current directory tree for the files with extension "trc" and remove them if they are more than three days old
find . -name "*.trc" -ctime +3 -exec rm {} \;
Search the current directory tree for files without "test" in their path names
find . -not -regex ".*test.*"
Search the current directory tree for filenames matching the pattern '[mM][yY][fF][iI][lL][eE]*'
find . -name '[mM][yY][fF][iI][lL][eE]*'
Search the current directory tree for hidden files
find .*
Search the current directory tree for hidden files skipping .htaccess
find . -type f \( -iname ".*" ! -iname ".htaccess" \)
Search the current directory tree for PHP files changed less than 14 days ago
find . -name *.php -ctime -14
Search the current directory tree for regular .mkv files
find . -type f -name "*.mkv"
Search the current directory tree for regular files changed less than 1 day ago
find . -type f -ctime -1
Search the current directory tree for regular files changed on the 10th of September
find ./ -type f -ls |grep '10 Sep'
Search the current directory tree for regular files lacking read permissions for user, group, or others
find . -type f ! -perm -444
Search the current directory tree for regular files last changed more than 14 days ago
find -type f -ctime +14
Search the current directory tree for regular files named `doc.txt' and print "found" for each of them
find ./ -type f -name doc.txt -printf "found\n"
Search the current directory tree for regular files omitting directory `omit-directory'
find . -name omit-directory -prune -o -type f
Search the current directory tree for regular files omitting directory `omit-directory'
find . -name omit-directory -prune -o -type f -print
Search the current directory tree for regular files omitting directory `omit-directory'
find . \( -name omit-directory -prune -o -type f \) -print
Search the current directory tree for regular files omitting directory `omit-directory'
find . \( -name omit-directory -prune \) -o \( -type f -print \)
Search the current directory tree for regular files that can be read by noone
find -type f ! -perm -444
Search the current directory tree for regular files that contain "string"
find . -type f -print0 | xargs -0 grep string