find

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1. Files named filename.suffix

find . -type f -exec grep -ls nohup.out {} \;

 

2. Greater than or equal to 100KB


find . -size +100k -exec ls -l {} \; | \
awk '{printf $9, $5}'

 

3. Greater than or equal to 100KB. Sort the output numerically

find . -size +100k -exec ls -l {} \; | \
awk '{printf "%40s %10s \n", $9, $5}' | \
sort -n +1

 

4. Changed in the last 7 hours

find / -ctime -7 -print

 

5. Modified in the last 7 hours

find / -daystart -mtime -7 -print

 

6. Files of type Directory

find . -type d -print

 

7. Owned by user username

find / -user jdoe -print 2>/dev/null

 

8. Owned by userid number

find / -uid 227 -print 2>/dev/null

 

9. Prompt user before removing a file

find / -name nohup.out -ok rm {} \;

 

10. Case insensitive search

find . -iname -print

 

11. Find files under current directory named string.scr or string.prt

find . \( -name "*.scr" -o -name "*.rpt" \) -print

 

12. Find core files. Prompt user for deletion

find / -name core -ok rm {} \;

 

13. Files that end with 'log'

find / -print 2>/dev/null | \
grep log\$

 

14. Files that start with 'law'

find / -print 2>/dev/null | \
grep \^law

 

15. Files changed within the last hour

find . -ctime -1 -exec ls -l {} \; 2>/dev/null

 

16. Files not changed within the last year. Prompt user for deletion

find . -ctime +$(print $((365*20))) -exec ls -l {} \; -ok rm {} \;

 

17. Symbolic links

find . -type -l -print
find . -type -l -exec ls -l {} \;

 

18. Files older than 30 days

cd /var/backup/logs find . -daystart -mtime +30 -print

 

19. Files older than 30 days. Remove.

find . -daystart -mtime +30 -print -exec rm {} \;

 

20. Files older than 30 days. Prompt for removal.

find . -daystart -mtime +30 -print -ok rm {} \;

 

21. Edit all files that contain string

vi `find . -name string -print 2>/dev/null`

 

22. Changed in the last 20 hours, greater than 1MB in size, excluding some file systems
find . -ctime -20 -size +1000k -print | grep -v \/usr | grep -v \/var | grep -v \/ora