find

command filesystem

Search for files and directories

Options

Search path *

Starting directory for search

Min depth (-mindepth)

Minimum directory depth to start matching

Max depth (-maxdepth)

Maximum directory depth to search

File name pattern (-name)

Case-sensitive glob pattern (e.g. '*.log', '*.conf')

File name pattern, case-insensitive (-iname)

Case-insensitive glob pattern (e.g. '*.jpg' matches .JPG, .Jpg, etc.)

Type (-type)

Empty files/directories only (-empty) Empty files/directories only (-empty)

Match only empty files or empty directories

Size filter (-size)

e.g. +100M (over 100MB), -10k (under 10KB), 1G (exactly 1GB)

Modified time in days (-mtime)

+N = over N days ago, -N = within N days, N = exactly N days

Newer than reference file (-newer)

Match files modified more recently than the reference file

Permissions filter (-perm)

e.g. 777, -u+s (setuid), /o+w (other writable)

Owner filter (-user)

Null-separated output (-print0) Null-separated output (-print0)

Separate results with null character instead of newline (useful with xargs -0)

Action on results

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