Find command in linux

find command is one of the popular and commonly used tools in Unix-based operating systems. As its name suggests, it finds the files and directories in a directory hierarchy.

You can pass different parameters and search files by their name, extension, type, size, permissions, modification time, owner, groups, and more.

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It performs a recursive search on the specified directory which means it searches in all sub-directories too.

 

Syntax to use find command

The syntax to use the find command is:

$ find [options] [path] [expression]

• : It includes the options that must appear before the first path name: , , , , and .
• : It indicates the directory path where you want to search the files.
• : It defines search options, patterns to match, and actions to perform on the files.

The default path is the current working directory.

When the find command is used without any parameters, it lists all files and folders in the current directory and its sub-directories.

 

1. Find all files and directories in the current directory

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