Reference: find

find

find pathname(s) condition(s)

-atime +n | -n | n

-cpio dev

-ctime +n | -n | n

-depth

-exec command {} \;

Run the Unix command on each file matched by find, provided command executes successfully on that file; i.e., returns a 0 exit status. When command runs, the argument {} substitutes the current file. Follow the entire sequence with an escaped semicolon (\;).

-follow

Follow symbolic links and track the directories visited (don't use this with -type l).

-fstype type

-group gname

-inum n

-links n

-local

Find files that physically reside on the local system.

-ls

Display matching files with associated statistics (as if run through ls -lids).

-mount

-mtime +n | -n | n

-name pattern

-ncpio dev

-newer file

Find files that have been modified more recently than file; similar to -mtime.

-nogroup

Find files belonging to a group not in /etc/group.

-nouser

-ok command {} \;

-perm nnn

-print

Print the matching files and directories, using their full pathnames. On Solaris, this is the default.

-prune

"Prune" the directory tree of unwanted directory searches; that is, skip the directory most recently matched.

-size n[c]

-type c

`b`	Block special file
`c`	Character special file
`d`	Directory
`D`	Door special file, Solaris only
`f`	Plain file
`l`	Symbolic link
`p`	Fifo or named pipe
`s`	Socket

-user user

-xdev

Examples

List all files (and subdirectories) in your home directory:

find $HOME -print

List all files named chapter1 underneath the /work directory:

find /work -name chapter1 -print

find /work /usr -name 'memo*' -user ann -print

find / -type d -name 'man*' -print

find . \! -name '[A-Z]*' -exec lp {} \;

compress `find . -type f \! -name '*.Z' -print`

Remove all empty files on the system (prompting first):

find / -size 0 -ok rm {} \;

Skip RCS directories, but list remaining read-only files:

find . -name RCS -prune -o -perm 444 -print

find / -mtime -2 -print

find /book -print | xargs grep '[Nn]utshell'