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authorneodarz <neodarz@neodarz.net>2019-09-05 07:05:07 +0200
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+# To find files by case-insensitive extension (ex: .jpg, .JPG, .jpG):
+find . -iname "*.jpg"
+
+# To find directories:
+find . -type d
+
+# To find files:
+find . -type f
+
+# To find files by octal permission:
+find . -type f -perm 777
+
+# To find files with setuid bit set:
+find . -xdev \( -perm -4000 \) -type f -print0 | xargs -0 ls -l
+
+# To find files with extension '.txt' and remove them:
+find ./path/ -name '*.txt' -exec rm '{}' \;
+
+# To find files with extension '.txt' and look for a string into them:
+find ./path/ -name '*.txt' | xargs grep 'string'
+
+# To find files with size bigger than 5 Mebibyte and sort them by size:
+find . -size +5M -type f -print0 | xargs -0 ls -Ssh | sort -z
+
+# To find files bigger than 2 Megabyte and list them:
+find . -type f -size +200000000c -exec ls -lh {} \; | awk '{ print $9 ": " $5 }'
+
+# To find files modified more than 7 days ago and list file information
+find . -type f -mtime +7d -ls
+
+# To find symlinks owned by a user and list file information
+find . -type l --user=username -ls
+
+# To search for and delete empty directories
+find . -type d -empty -exec rmdir {} \;
+
+# To search for directories named build at a max depth of 2 directories
+find . -maxdepth 2 -name build -type d
+
+# To search all files who are not in .git directory
+find . ! -iwholename '*.git*' -type f
+
+# To find all files that have the same node (hard link) as MY_FILE_HERE
+find . -type f -samefile MY_FILE_HERE 2>/dev/null
+
+# To find all files in the current directory and modify their permissions
+find . -type f -exec chmod 644 {} \;
+
+# Find last edited files and ignore .DS_Store file and #recycle path (fuck mac)
+find . -type f -not \( -iname ".DS_Store" -o -path "*#recycle*" \) -print0 | xargs -0 stat --format '%Y :%y %n' | sort -nr | cut -d: -f2- | head