{"id":5,"date":"2007-08-05T03:23:35","date_gmt":"2007-08-04T19:23:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sysadmindayph.com\/blog\/?p=5"},"modified":"2007-08-05T03:23:35","modified_gmt":"2007-08-04T19:23:35","slug":"most-common-unix-find-command","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sysadmindayph.com\/blog\/most-common-unix-find-command\/","title":{"rendered":"Most Common UNIX Find Command"},"content":{"rendered":"

The find<\/em> command is the most useful command on a UNIX box. System administrators use this powerful utility frequently.<\/p>\n

Presented here, ladies and gentlemen, are the most commonly used ‘find’ options.<\/p>\n

(Let’s add more as time goes on, alright?)<\/p>\n

Find a file or directory
\n# find . -name TEMP -print
\nor
\n# find . -name TEMP -exec echo {} \\;<\/p>\n

Find core files in this directory tree and remove them
\n# find . -name “core” -exec rm -f {} \\;<\/p>\n

Find junk directories and remove their contents recursively
\n# find . -name “junk” -exec rm -rf {} \\;<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

Find a pattern in a file using the recursive grep (ignore case)
\n# find . -type f | xargs grep -i MYPATTERN<\/span><\/p>\n

Find files modified in the past 7 days
\n<\/span># find . -mtime -7 -type f<\/p>\n

Find files owned by a particular user
\n# find . -user esofthub<\/p>\n

Find all your writable directories and list them
\n# find . -perm -0777 -type d -ls
\nor
\n# find . -type d -perm 777 -print<\/p>\n

Find all your writable files and list them
\n# find . -perm -0777 -type f -ls
\nor
\n#find . -type f -perm 777 -print<\/p>\n

Find large file sizes and list them
\n# find . -type f -size +1000 -ls
\nor
\n# find . -type f -size +1000 -print<\/p>\n

Find how many directories are in a path (counts current directory)
\n# find . -type d -exec basename {} \\; | wc -l
\n53<\/p>\n

Find how many files are in a path
\n# find . -type f -exec basename {} \\; | wc -l
\n120<\/p>\n

Find all my pipe files and change their permissions to all writable
\n# find . -name “pipe*” -exec chmod 666 {} \\;<\/p>\n

Find files that were modified 7 days ago and archive
\n# find . -type f -mtime 7 | xargs tar -cvf `date ‘+%d%m%Y’_archive.tar`
\n<\/span>
\nFind files that were modified more than 7 days ago and archive
\n# find . -type f -mtime +7 | xargs tar -cvf `date ‘+%d%m%Y’_archive.tar`<\/p>\n

Find files that were modified less than 7 days ago and archive
\n# find . -type f -mtime -7 | xargs tar -cvf `date ‘+%d%m%Y’_archive.tar`<\/p>\n

Find files that were modified more than 7 days ago but less than 14 days ago and archive
\n# find . -type f -mtime +7 -mtime -14 | xargs tar -cvf `date ‘+%d%m%Y’_archive.tar`<\/p>\n

Find files in two different directories having the “test” string and list them
\n# find esofthub esoft -name “*test*” -type f -ls<\/p>\n

Find files in two different directories having the “test” string and list them
\n# find esofthub esoft -name “*test*” -type f -ls<\/p>\n

Find files in two different directories having the “test” string and count them
\n# find esofthub esoft -name “*test*” -type f -ls | wc -l
\n12<\/p>\n

Find files and directories newer than CompareFile
\n# find . -newer CompareFile <\/span>-print<\/p>\n

Find files and directories older than CompareFile
\n# find . ! -newer CompareFile <\/span>-print<\/p>\n

Find files and directories but don’t traverse a particular directory
\n# find . -name RAID -prune -o -print<\/p>\n

Find all the files in the current directory
\n# find * -type f -print -o -type d -prune<\/p>\n

Find an inode and remove
\n# find . -inum 968746 <\/span>-exec rm -i {} \\;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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