Part I - Basic Find Commands for Finding FiIes with Names

1. Find FiIes Using Name in Current Directory

Find all the fles whose name is tecmint.txt in a current working directory.
# i1nd . -name lecm1nl.lxl
.1lecm1nl.lxl
2. Find FiIes Under Home Directory
Find all the fles under /home directory with name tecmint.txt.
# i1nd 1home -name lecm1nl.lxl
1home1lecm1nl.lxl
3. Find FiIes Using Name and Ignoring Case
Find all the fles whose name is tecmint.txt and contains both capital and small letters in /home directory.
# i1nd 1home -1name lecm1nl.lxl
.1lecm1nl.lxl
.1Tecm1nl.lxl
4. Find Directories Using Name
Find all directories whose name is Tecmint in / directory.
# i1nd 1 -lype d -name Tecm1nl
1Tecm1nl
5. Find PHP FiIes Using Name
Find all php fles whose name is tecmint.php in a current working directory.
# i1nd . -lype i -name lecm1nl.php
.1lecm1nl.php
6. Find aII PHP FiIes in Directory
Find all php fles in a directory.
# i1nd . -lype i -name "*.php"
.1lecm1nl.php
.1lo1n.php
.11ndex.php
Part II - Find FiIes Based on their Permissions
7. Find FiIes With 777 Permissions
Find all the fles whose permissions are 777.
# i1nd . -lype i -perm 0777 -pr1nl
8. Find FiIes Without 777 Permissions
Find all the fles without permission 777.
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# i1nd 1 -lype i ! -perm 777
9. Find SGID FiIes with 644 Permissions
Find all the SGID bit fles whose permissions set to 644.
# i1nd 1 -perm 2644
10. Find Sticky Bit FiIes with 551 Permissions
Find all the Sticky Bit set fles whose permission are 551.
# i1nd 1 -perm 1551
11. Find SUID FiIes
Find all SUID set fles.
# i1nd 1 -perm 1u=s
12. Find SGID FiIes
Find all SGID set fles.
# i1nd 1 -perm 1+s
13. Find Read OnIy FiIes
Find all Read OnIy fles.
# i1nd 1 -perm 1u=r
14. Find ExecutabIe FiIes
Find all ExecutabIe fles.
# i1nd 1 -perm 1a=x
15. Find FiIes with 777 Permissions and Chmod to 644
Find all 777 permission fles and use chmod command to set permissions to 644.
# i1nd 1 -lype i -perm 0777 -pr1nl -exec chmod 644 {) \,
16. Find Directories with 777 Permissions and Chmod to 755
Find all 777 permission directories and use chmod command to set permissions to 755.
# i1nd 1 -lype d -perm 777 -pr1nl -exec chmod 755 {) \,
17. Find and remove singIe FiIe
To fnd a single fle called tecmint.txt and remove it.
# i1nd . -lype i -name "lecm1nl.lxl" -exec rm -i {) \,
18. Find and remove MuItipIe FiIe
To fnd and remove multiple fles such as .mp3 or .txt, then use.
# i1nd . -lype i -name "*.lxl" -exec rm -i {) \,
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# i1nd . -lype i -name "*.mp3" -exec rm -i {) \,
19. Find aII Empty FiIes
To fle all empty fles under certain path.
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# i1nd 1lmp -lype i -emply
20. Find aII Empty Directories
To fle all empty directories under certain path.
# i1nd 1lmp -lype d -emply
21. FiIe aII Hidden FiIes
To fnd all hidden fles, use below command.
# i1nd 1lmp -lype i -name ".*"
Part III - Search FiIes Based On Owners and Groups
22. Find SingIe FiIe Based on User
To fnd all or single fle called tecmint.txt under / root directory of owner root.
# i1nd 1 -user rool -name lecm1nl.lxl
23. Find aII FiIes Based on User
To fnd all fles that belongs to user Tecmint under /home directory.
# i1nd 1home -user lecm1nl
24. Find aII FiIes Based on Group
To fnd all fles that belongs to group DeveIoper under /home directory.
# i1nd 1home -roup developer
25. Find ParticuIar FiIes of User
To fnd all .txt fles of user Tecmint under /home directory.
# i1nd 1home -user lecm1nl -1name "*.lxl"
Part IV - Find FiIes and Directories Based on Date and Time
26. Find Last 50 Days Modied FiIes
To fnd all the fles which are modifed 50 days back.
# i1nd 1 -ml1me 50
27. Find Last 50 Days Accessed FiIes
To fnd all the fles which are accessed 50 days back.
# i1nd 1 -al1me 50
28. Find Last 50-100 Days Modied FiIes
To fnd all the fles which are modifed more than 50 days back and less than 100 days.
# i1nd 1 -ml1me +50 -ml1me -100
29. Find Changed FiIes in Last 1 Hour
To fnd all the fles which are changed in last 1 hour.
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December 24, 2012 at 11:41 am
hi! glad i found your site and the informative articles. question re: "35 Practical Examples of Linux Find Command":
in # 3. ' fnd /home -iname tecmint.txt`, what is proper way to flter results of this command such that the Uppercase results are
sorted from the lowercase results?
ex.:
...
Techmint.com
Techmint.com1
Techmint.com2 ...
techmint.com
techmint.com1
techmint.com2, etc., etc., etc.
Thanks again for all the good info. Have A Healthy, Prosperous Day!
-rob
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Mac says:
January 29, 2013 at 9:27 pm
Can you explain this option to me, I am new to the command line - still learning.
#15 # fnd / -type f -perm 0777 -print -exec chmod 644 {} \;
the symbols {} and the \
I am a bit confused, any help/advice would be great.
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Ravi Saive says:
January 30, 2013 at 10:56 am
@Mac, Please join us on Facebook at Linux Inside, you will get the answer for this.
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Melvin says:
March 23, 2013 at 8:13 pm
The brackets are placeholders for the fle that fnd, fnds and the \ is so that the shell does not interpret the semicolon (;),
which would normally end the command.
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3.
vijaya says:
July 2, 2013 at 1:50 pm
It is really helpful for beginners
thanks.
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4.
Luis says:
July 14, 2013 at 12:03 am
como recuperar los archivos eliminados con el comando # fnd / -type f -name *.mp3 -size +10M -exec ls -l {} \;
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5.
Joe says:
September 16, 2013 at 8:10 pm
6.
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