find

find a file or directory

find . -type f -name "*Old*.ppt"

• . it means that you want to look into the current directory.
• -type it means the type of file you want to find
• f it means file type
• d it means directory type
• -name it means that you want to find by name
• "" you have to put "" characteres it you want to use special characters to find an specific file.

find . -type f -name "*Old*.ppt"
find . -name *NORMA* -type d
find . -name "*" -type f

find empty files

find <PATH> -type f -empty