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Kenneth: /* Perform operation on found results */

2025-05-09T21:14:44Z

Perform operation on found results

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	Note: the "{} +" acts similar to xargs, dumping all into one command execution, and it MUST end with the "{} +" format. Not as flexible as the \; option		Note: the "{} +" acts similar to xargs, dumping all into one command execution, and it MUST end with the "{} +" format. Not as flexible as the \; option

			=== For Loop Execution ===

			Maybe not the best option, but depending on need:
			for i in $(find . -type f /tmp); do echo $i; done
			for i in $(find . -type / tmp); do rm $i -rf; done

	== Remove path from find command output ==		== Remove path from find command output ==

Kenneth: /* Perform operation on found results */

2025-05-09T20:59:26Z

Perform operation on found results

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	== Perform operation on found results ==		== Perform operation on found results ==

	Use -exec, result gets replaced with {} and terminate command with either \; or +		Use -exec, result gets replaced with {} and terminate command with either ; or + and should be escaped or quoted to keep the shell from interpreting it

	find . type f -exec ls {} -la \;		find . type f -exec ls {} -la \;
			find . type f -exec ls {} -la ';'
			find . type f -exec ls {} -la ";"

			Note: the
	find . type f -exec ls {} +		find . type f -exec ls {} +

Kenneth: /* Perform operation on found results */

2025-05-09T20:57:10Z

Perform operation on found results

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	Use -exec, result gets replaced with {} and terminate command with either \; or +		Use -exec, result gets replaced with {} and terminate command with either \; or +

	find . type f -exec ls {} \;		find . type f -exec ls {} -la \;

	find . type f -exec ls {} +		find . type f -exec ls {} +

			Note: the "{} +" acts similar to xargs, dumping all into one command execution, and it MUST end with the "{} +" format. Not as flexible as the \; option

	== Remove path from find command output ==		== Remove path from find command output ==

Kenneth: /* Remove path from find command output */

2025-05-09T20:49:30Z

Remove path from find command output

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	Find files between two dates: [https://askubuntu.com/questions/191044/how-to-find-files-between-two-dates-using-find]		Find files between two dates: [https://askubuntu.com/questions/191044/how-to-find-files-between-two-dates-using-find]
	find Your_Mail_Dir/ -newermt "2011-01-01" ! -newermt "2011-12-31"		find Your_Mail_Dir/ -newermt "2011-01-01" ! -newermt "2011-12-31"

			== Perform operation on found results ==

			Use -exec, result gets replaced with {} and terminate command with either \; or +

			find . type f -exec ls {} \;
			find . type f -exec ls {} +

	== Remove path from find command output ==		== Remove path from find command output ==

Kenneth: /* Indicate directories and files */

2025-05-09T20:48:26Z

Indicate directories and files

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	d ./live/example.com		d ./live/example.com
	</pre>		</pre>

			Or:

			find . -name 'example.com*' -exec ls -f -d -p {} +

			NOTE: just found out you can terminate -exec with a + instead of a \;

	== find large files ==		== find large files ==

Kenneth: /* Remove path from find command output */

2025-05-09T20:44:51Z

Remove path from find command output

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	ref: https://serverfault.com/questions/354403/remove-path-from-find-command-output		ref: https://serverfault.com/questions/354403/remove-path-from-find-command-output

			== Indicate directories and files ==

			Print the file type along with the name with -printf "%y %p\n": <ref>https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/652076/how-to-mark-directories-in-the-output-of-the-find-command</ref>
			<pre>
			$ sudo find . -name 'example.com*' -printf "%y %p\n"
			d ./archive/example.com
			f ./renewal/example.com.conf
			d ./live/example.com
			</pre>

	== find large files ==		== find large files ==

Kenneth: /* find large files */

2025-03-02T07:21:39Z

find large files

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	Find files between two dates: [https://askubuntu.com/questions/191044/how-to-find-files-between-two-dates-using-find]		Find files between two dates: [https://askubuntu.com/questions/191044/how-to-find-files-between-two-dates-using-find]
	find Your_Mail_Dir/ -newermt "2011-01-01" ! -newermt "2011-12-31"		find Your_Mail_Dir/ -newermt "2011-01-01" ! -newermt "2011-12-31"

			== Remove path from find command output ==

			Use %P with printf:
			find . -type d -mtime 14 -printf "%P\n" > deploy.txt

			ref: https://serverfault.com/questions/354403/remove-path-from-find-command-output

	== find large files ==		== find large files ==

Kenneth: /* Delete files older than n days */

2019-05-06T20:19:35Z

Delete files older than n days

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== find ==

Find file syntax:
find [path] [expression]
# case sensitive
find [path] -name [pattern]
# case insensitive
find [path] -iname [pattern]

find . -iname "test"

man find:
-mtime n
File’s data was last modified n*24 hours ago. See the comments for -atime to understand how
rounding affects the interpretation of file modification times.

Time modifier:
+n for greater than n,
-n for less than n,
n for exactly n.

Find all files modified within the last 'n' days:
find [path] -mtime [+//-][n]

# to find all files modified today:
find /etc -mtime -1

Find all files modified within the last 'n' minutes:
find [path] -mmin [+//-][n]

# to find all files modified within the last hour:
find /etc -mmin -60

Filter (exclude) certain folders:
find . -type d -not -path "./badpath/*" -not "./badpath2/*" -print

Find files between two dates: [https://askubuntu.com/questions/191044/how-to-find-files-between-two-dates-using-find]
find Your_Mail_Dir/ -newermt "2011-01-01" ! -newermt "2011-12-31"

== find large files ==

find files larger than 100M:

# RHEL
find / -type f -size +100M -not -path "/proc/*" -not -path "/sys/*" -exec ls -lh {} \; | awk '{ print $9 ": " $5 }'

# Ubuntu
find / -type f -size +100M -not -path "/proc/*" -not -path "/sys/*" -exec ls -lh {} \; | awk '{ print $8 ": " $5 }'

== find small files ==

Find files smaller than 500 bytes:

find ~ -size -500b

== Find Executable Files ==

Files and folders (natural):
find <path> -executable

Files only:
find <path> -executable -type f

== Delete files older than n days ==

Delete files older than 30 days: [http://www.vionblog.com/linux-delete-files-older-than-x-days/]
find /path/to/files/ -type f -name '*.jpg' -mtime +30 -exec rm {} \;

== Files Owned by User ==

Find by user:
find /var -user vivek

Find by group:
find /home -group ftpusers

== keywords ==

[[Category:Linux]]