find_command_notes.md

Finding Files

By Name:

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locate NAME
locate *.extension
find / -name nmap				---	Find from root all file with name "nmap"
find / -iname nmap				---	Find from root all file with name "nmap" regardless of case sensitive
find / -name 'nmap*'				---	Find from root all files with starting name as root
find / -name 'nm??'				---	Find from root all files with starting name as root
find / -name 'nm??*'				---	Find from root all files with starting name as nm and the two chars or more
find ~ -iname '*.txt'				---	Find all the files in the root directory with txt extension
find /usr/share -name '*nmap*'			---	Find all the files in the /usr/share which contains text nmap

Bysize:

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find . -size 300b				---	Find all file with size 300 bytes
find . -size +300b				---	Find all file with size more than 300 bytes
find . -size -300b				---	Find all file with size less than 300 bytes
find ~ -empty 					---	Find all file with emptysize

ByTime:

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find ~ -mtime 1					---	Find all the files which were modiefied before one day [24 hours]
find ~ -mmin 5					---	Find all the files which were modified befire 5 minutes
find / -mtime 2 -mtime -4 			---	Find all the files which were modified before 2 to 4 days

By owners:

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find /usr/share/fonts -user imran		---	Find all the files in /usr/share/fonts owened by imran
find /dev -group hackers			---	Find all the fiels in /dev which are owened by group hackers

Finding and Executing commands on Found files:

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find . -name '*.html' -exec cat '{}' ';'		---	Find all the files with html extension and execute cat command in them
								here {} represents the set of files found by found command

find . -name '*.html' -ok rn '{}' ';'			---	Find all the html files and check which command will be executed on them just to confirm
								the removal of files. This is a test command and it should be run before -exec

combining things:

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find / -name '*.html' -size +300b 			---	Find all the html files who size more than 300