FIND

Search for files in a directory hierarchy.

find PATH [OPTIONS] COMMANDS

• -L - Follow symbolic links
• -P - Never follow symbolic links
• -H - Do not follow symbolic links, except while processing command line arguments
• -name - Find files by name
• -delete - Delete matched files
• -iname - Find files by name (case insensitive)
• -maxdepth - Descend at most x directory levels
• -regex - Matches pattern using regular expression (BRE)
• -size - Find by size
• k - kilobytes
• M - megabytes
• G - gigabytes
• T - terabytes
• P - petabytes
• -type - Filter files for type
• b - Block special
• c - Character special
• d - Directory
• f - Regular file
• l - Symbolic link
• p - FIFO
• s - Socket
• -mtime x[smhdw] - Find by modified time
• s - second
• m - minute (60 seconds)
• h - hour (60 minutes)
• d - day (24 hours)
• w - week (7 days)