Linux Command in detail - find

find command is a useful tool to find the file in a location.

The basic command is like:

find pathname -options [action]

• pathname : the path you want to search
• options: will be explained in detailed later
• actions: will be explained in detailed later

options in detail:

Option	Explaination
-name	By file name, wildcard applied
-perm	By permission
-user	By ownership(user)
-group	By ownership(group)
-depth	Find in current directory, then the subfolder
-mtime	By modified time, (days) +n n days before. –n n days ‘after’
-ctime	By created time, (days) +n n days before. –n n days ‘after’
-atime	By accessed time, (days) +n n days before. –n n days ‘after’
-nouser/-nogroup	The file owner is not in the system
-type	Match the file typ b- block d- directory c-character p- pipe l-link f- normal file
-size	+n Bigger than n block   +nc bigger than n byte -n less than n block      -nc less than n byte
-mount	Do not find across the mount point

Action:

-delete: delete the finding files

-exec: execute the command

-ls: list the file              -fls file --- put the output to some output file

-print: ??