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jerry · #1 (**permalink**) 06-17-2006, 03:02 PM

Hello folks.

This is my first tutorial.

For new Linux sys admin (or user ) like me searching file is a hard task. You can use find command to search any file.

Find command

Syntax
find /path/to/search -name "file-name"

Examples
Search myfile.txt :

Code:

find  / -name "myfile.txt"

Search all .conf (configuration file)

Code:

find  / -name "*.conf" | more

Or send list to /tmp/files.txt

Code:

find  / -name "*.conf" > /tmp/files.txt

Search for files which are writable by anybody:

Code:

find / -perm /220

Search for files in your /etc directory which have been modified in the last 24 hours

Code:

find /etc -mtime 0

Find all *.tmp file and remove all the files:

Code:

find . -type f -name ˜*.tmp" -exec rm '{}' \;

Locate command
Syntax:
locate use to list files in databases that match a pattern.

Find abc.txt file:

Code:

locate abc.txt

Hope this helps.

monk · #2 (**permalink**) 06-20-2006, 06:12 PM

Jerry, quick and dirty work. Keep it up. You can see more find command stuff:

http://www.cyberciti.biz/nixcraft/vi...with-find.html
http://www.cyberciti.biz/faqs/2006/0...s-owned-by.php
http://www.cyberciti.biz/nixcraft/vi...s-based-on.php
http://www.cyberciti.biz/faqs/2006/0...move-files.php

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