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Search the current directory tree for regular files that contain "string"
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find . -type f -printf '"%p"\n' | xargs grep string
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Search the current directory tree for regular files that contain "string"
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find . -type f | xargs grep string
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Search the current directory tree for regular files that were accessed $FTIME days ago
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find . -type f -atime $FTIME
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Search the current directory tree for regular files that were changed $FTIME days ago
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find . -type f -ctime $FTIME
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Search the current directory tree for regular files that were modified $FTIME days ago
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find . -type f -mtime $FTIME
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Search the current directory tree for regular files whose names begin with "orapw"
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find . -name "orapw*" -type f
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Search the current directory tree for regular files whose names end in ".shtml" or ".css"
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find -type f -regex ".*/.*\.\(shtml\|css\)"
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Search the current directory tree for regular files whose names end in ".shtml" or ".css"
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find . -type f \( -name "*.shtml" -o -name "*.css" \) -print
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Search the current directory tree for regular files whose names end in ".shtml" or ".css"
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find . -type f \( -name "*.shtml" -or -name "*.css" \)
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Search the current directory tree for regular files whose names end in ".shtml" or ".css"
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find . -type f | egrep '\.(shtml|css)$'
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Search the current directory tree for regular files whose names end in "log"
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find `pwd` -name "*log" -type f
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Search the current directory tree for regular files whose names match pattern $x
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find . -type f -name $x
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Search the current directory tree for symbolic links to files matching pattern '*test*'
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find . -lname '*test*'
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Search the current directory tree for symlinks pointing at other symlinks
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find . -type l -xtype l
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Search the current directory tree for symlinks whose contents match pattern "*sysdep.c"
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find . -lname '*sysdep.c'
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Search the current directory tree for TXT files skipping hidden ones
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find . -type f \( -iname "*.txt" ! -iname ".*" \)
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Search the current directory up to depth level 2 for files and directories
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find . -maxdepth 2
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Search the current user's home directory and below for all .png files and copy those files in the directory imagesdir.
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find ~/ -name *.png -exec cp {} imagesdir \;
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Search the current user's home directory and its sub-directories for any files accessed after alldata.tar was last accessed and add them to that same tar archive.
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find ~/ -newer alldata.tar -exec tar uvf alldata.tar {} \;
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Search the current user's home directory and its sub-directories for any file that ends in .tar-gz and was modified after filename was last modified.
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find ~/ -name *.tar.gz -newer filename
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Search the current user's home directory and its sub-directories for any file that was modified less than 2 days ago or was modified after filename was last modified.
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find ~/ -mtime -2 -o -newer filename
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Search the current working directory tree for files whose names start with "fileA_" or "fileB_"
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find . -name 'fileA_*' -o -name 'fileB_*'
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Search decompressed "filename.gz" for case-insensitive "user-user"
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zcat filename.gz | grep -i user-user
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Search the dir_data directory and all of its sub-directories for regular files and remove the execute permission for all while adding the write permission for the user.
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find ~/dir_data -type f -exec chmod a-x,u+w {} \;
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Search directory $CURR_DIR for regular files that were changed, accessed, or modified $FTIME days ago
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find ${CURR_DIR} -type f \( -ctime ${FTIME} -o -atime ${FTIME} -o -mtime ${FTIME} \) -printf "./%P\n"
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Search directory /Users/david/Desktop/ recursively for regular files
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find /Users/david/Desktop/ -type f
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Search directory /Users/david/Desktop/ recursively for regular files with extensions .txt, .mpg, .jpg
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find /Users/david/Desktop -type f \( -name '*.txt' -o -name '*.mpg' -o -name '*.jpg' \)
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Search directory /home/ABCD recursively, starting from one level below, for regular files
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find /home/ABCD/ -mindepth 1 -type f -print
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Search directories /opt, /usr, /var for regular file foo
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find /opt /usr /var -name foo -type f
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Search directory /path/to/check/ for regular files
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find /path/to/check/* -maxdepth 0 -type f
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Search directories /res/values-en-rUS and /res/xml for XML files
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find /res/values-en-rUS /res/xml -iname '*.xml'
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Search directory /tmp/foo for files containing "/tmp/foo/bar" in their full names
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find /tmp/foo -path /tmp/foo/bar -print
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Search directories called ' backup ' from /usr directory downwards and print them.
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find /usr -type d -name backup -print
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Search directory foo for files containing "/tmp/foo/bar" in their full names
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find foo -path /tmp/foo/bar -print
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Search directory foo for files containing "foo/bar" in their full names
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find foo -path foo/bar -print
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Search the directories given as arguments to the Bash script for files whose name is not "ss"
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find $@ -not -name ss
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Search the directory given as variable $d for empty subdirectories
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find "$d" -mindepth 1 -prune -empty
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Search directory lpi104-6 for files with inode number 1988884
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find lpi104-6 -inum 1988884
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Search the directories matching pattern "/path/to/some/dir/*[0-9]" for level 1 subdirectories
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find /path/to/some/dir/*[0-9] -type d -maxdepth 1
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Search the directories that match pattern '/path/to/directory/folder{?,[1-4]?,50}' for .txt files
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find /path/to/directory/folder{?,[1-4]?,50} -name '*.txt'
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Search directory tree $DIR for *.txt files
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find "$DIR" -name \*.txt
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Search directory tree $DIR for *.txt files
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find "${DIR}" -name "*.txt"
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Search directory tree $DIR for *.txt files
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find $DIR -name "*.txt"
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Search directory tree $DIR for *.txt files
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find $DIR -name "*.txt" -print
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Search directory tree `MyApp.app' for directories whose name is 'Headers' and delete them
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find -d MyApp.app -name Headers -type d -exec rm -rf "{}" \;
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Search directory tree `MyApp.app' for directories whose name is 'Headers' and delete them
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find MyApp.app -name Headers -type d -delete
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Search directory tree `MyApp.app' for directories whose name is 'Headers' and delete them
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find MyApp.app -name Headers -type d -exec rm -rf "{}" \;
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Search directory tree `MyApp.app' for directories whose name is 'Headers' and delete them in an optimized way
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find -d MyApp.app -name Headers -type d -exec rm -rf {} +
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Search directory tree `MyApp.app' for directories whose name is 'Headers' and delete them in an optimized way
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find -d MyApp.app -name Headers -type d -print0 | xargs -0 rm -rf
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Search directory tree `foo' for files named `Headers'
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find foo -name Headers
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Search directory tree /srv/${x} for regular files accessed at least 10080 minutes ago, and remove those files
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find /srv/${x} -mindepth 1 -type f -not -amin -10080 -exec rm {} \;
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Search directory trees /tmp and /var/tmp for "testfile.txt"
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find /tmp /var/tmp -iname "testfile.txt"
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Search the directory tree /tmp for regular files using zero delimiter for output
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find /tmp -type f -print0
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Search directory trees /usr/local/man and /opt/local/man for files whose names begin with 'my'
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find /usr/local/man /opt/local/man -name 'my*'
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Search directory trees /usr/share/doc, /usr/doc, and /usr/locale/doc for files named 'instr.txt'
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find /usr/share/doc /usr/doc /usr/locale/doc -name instr.txt
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Search the directory tree given as variable $dir for regular files
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find $dir -type f
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Search the directory tree given as variable $root_dir for regular files
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find $root_dir -type f
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Search the entire file hierarchy for any file that begins with zsh and exists on the ext3 file systems.
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find / -fstype ext3 -name zsh*
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Search the entire file hierarchy for files ending with '~' and print all matches except for those with '/media' in their pathnames.
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find / -name "*~" | grep -v "/media"
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Search the entire file hierarchy for files larger than 100 megabytes and delete them.
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find / -size +100M -exec /bin/rm {} \;
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Search the entire file system for .jpg files.
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find / -name “*.jpg”
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Search the entire file system for any file that is writable by other.
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find / – perm -0002
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search the entire file system for the file "jan92.rpt"
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find / -name jan92.rpt -print
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Search every directory except the subdirectory excluded_path for a regular file 'myfile'
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find / -path excluded_path -prune -o -type f -name myfile -print
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Search everywhere for a file called `httpd.conf' that is newer than /etc/apache-perl/httpd.conf
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find / -name httpd.conf -newer /etc/apache-perl/httpd.conf
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Search everywhere for directories named `root'
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find / -type d -name root
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Search everywhere for files changed within the last minute
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find / -newerct '1 minute ago' -print
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Search everywhere for hidden file `.profile'
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find / -name .profile
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search the file "myfile.txt" in home folder
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find "$HOME/" -name myfile.txt -print
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Search file /etc/logs/Server.log for lines containing "Error"
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find /etc/logs/Server.log -exec grep Error {} \; -print
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Search file aaa from current direcoty downwards and print it .
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find . -name aaa -print
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Search the files from the current directory tree for "chrome"
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find . -exec grep chrome {} +
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Search the files from the current directory tree for "chrome"
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find . -exec grep chrome {} \;
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Search the files from the current directory tree for "chrome"
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find . | xargs grep 'chrome'
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Search the files from the current directory tree for "chrome"
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find . | xargs grep 'chrome' -ls
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Search the files from the current directory tree for text "documentclass"
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find . -type f -print0 | xargs -0 grep -H 'documentclass'
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Search the files from directory tree "dirname" for string "foo"
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find dirname -print0 | xargs -0 grep foo
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Search the files from directory tree "dirname" for string "foo"
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find dirname -exec grep foo {} +
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Search the file hierarchy for files larger than 100000 KB without searching any mounted removable media
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find / -path /media -prune -o -size +200000 -print
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Search the files in the current directory tree for lines containing string "vds admin"
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find . -exec grep -i "vds admin" {} \;
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Search the files in the current directory tree that are named "string to be searched" for "text"
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find . -name "string to be searched" -exec grep "text" "{}" \;
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search files in the file system excluding those in the paths "10_Recommended" and "/export/repo"
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find / -name whatever -not -path "/10_Recommended*" -not -path "/export/repo/*"
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search files in the folder /home which have been modified after /tmp/after and before /tmp/before
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find /home/ -type f -newer /tmp/after -not -newer /tmp/before
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search the file myfile.txt in the current folder
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find . -name myfile.txt -print
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Search the files of the current directory tree for string "searched-string"
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find . | xargs grep "searched-string"
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Search the files residing in the current directory tree whose names contain "bills" for "put"
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find . -name "*bills*" -print0 | xargs -0 grep put
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Search the files residing in the current directory tree whose names contain "bills" for "put"
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find . -name '*bills*' -exec grep -H "put" {} \;
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Search the files residing in the current directory tree whose names contain "bills" for "put"
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find . -name '*bills*' -exec grep put {} \;
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Search the file system for regular files whose names are shorter than 25 characters
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find / -type f -regextype posix-extended -regex '.*/.{1,24}$'
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Search the file system for regular files whose names are shorter than 25 characters
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find / -type f | egrep '.*/.{1,24}$'
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Search the file system for regular files whose names are shorter than 25 characters
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find / -type f| egrep -o "/[^/]{0,24}$" | cut -c 2-
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Search the file system for regular files whose names are shorter than 25 characters
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find / -type f|egrep "/[^/]{0,24}$"
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Search the files under and below /directory/containing/files for "pattern_to_search"
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find /directory/containing/files -type f -exec grep -H 'pattern_to_search' {} +
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Search the files under and below /directory/containing/files for "text to search"
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find /directory/containing/files -type f -print0 | xargs -0 grep "text to search"
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Search folder /home/ABCD/ recursively for regular files
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find /home/ABCD/ -type f -print
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Search for " 000" in the hex dump of "file-with-nulls"
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od file-with-nulls | grep ' 000'
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Search for "#define" in all files in the current directory, excluding backup files *~, *.orig, *.bak
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find . -maxdepth 1 ! -regex '.*~$' ! -regex '.*\.orig$' \ ! -regex '.*\.bak$' -exec grep --color "#define" {} +
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Search for "1234567890" in every gzip file modified between 8:00 and 9:00 on 2014-04-30
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find . -newermt '2014-04-30 08:00:00' -not -newermt '2014-04-30 09:00:00' |xargs gunzip -c | grep 1234567890
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Search for "CONFIG_64BIT" in gzip compressed file "/proc/config.gz"
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zcat /proc/config.gz | grep CONFIG_64BIT
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Search for "LOG" in jsmith's home directory tree
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find ~jsmith -exec grep LOG '{}' /dev/null \; -print
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