Category
Linux Command
Usage
find [-H] [-L] [-P] [-D debugopts] [-Olevel] [path...] [expression]
Manual
Required arguments
- path string: The starting directory for the search.
Options
- -name pattern: Search for files with the specified pattern in their name.
- -type type: Search for files of the specified type. Valid types are:
- d: Directory
- f: Regular file
- l: Symbolic link
- b: Block special file
- c: Character special file
- p: FIFO (named pipe)
- s: Socket
- -size n[cwbkMG]: Search for files with a size of n blocks (default), bytes (c), 2-byte words (w), kilobytes (k), megabytes (M), or gigabytes (G).
- -exec command {} ;: Execute the specified command on each matched file; {} represents the path of the file, and ; terminates the command.
- -mtime n: Search for files modified n days ago. Use n for exact match, +n for more than n days ago, and -n for less than n days ago.
- -mmin n: Search for files modified n minutes ago. Use n for exact match, +n for more than n minutes ago, and -n for less than n minutes ago.
- -delete: Delete the matched files. Use with caution as this action is irreversible.
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