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search and locate list of les and directories based on
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can be used in variety of conditions like you can nd les by
permissions, users, groups, le type, date, size and other
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35 Linux Find Commands Examples

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Through this article we are sharing our day-to-day Linux nd
command experience and its usage in the form of examples. In
this article we will show you the most used 35 Find Commands
examples in Linux. We have divided the section into Five parts
from basic to advance usage of nd command.

Part I: Basic Find Commands for Finding Files with Names

Part II: Find Files Based on their Permissions
Part III: Search Files Based On Owners and Groups
Part IV: Find Files and Directories Based on Date and Time
Part V: Find Files and Directories Based on Size
Part VI: Find Multiple Filenames in Linux
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Part I – Basic Find Commands for Finding Files with Server Using NRPE Plugin

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1. Find Files Using Name in Current
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Directory RHEL/CentOS 7.x/6.x/5.x and Fedora 24-12

Find all the les whose name is tecmint.txt in a current Google Chrome 65 Released – Install on
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# find . -name tecmint.txt Windows 10 or 8 in Dual-Boot
./tecmint.txt

2. Find Files Under Home Directory

Find all the les under /home directory with name tecmint.txt.

# find /home -name tecmint.txt

/home/tecmint.txt

3. Find Files Using Name and Ignoring Case

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Find all the les whose name is tecmint.txt and contains both
capital and small letters in /home directory.

# find /home -iname tecmint.txt

./tecmint.txt
./Tecmint.txt

4. Find Directories Using Name

Find all directories whose name is Tecmint in / directory.

# find / -type d -name Tecmint

/Tecmint

5. Find PHP Files Using Name

Find all php les whose name is tecmint.php in a current
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# find . -type f -name "*.php"

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8. Find Files Without 777 Permissions
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10. Find Sticky Bit Files with 551

Permissions
Find all the Sticky Bit set les whose permission are 551.

# find / -perm 1551

11. Find SUID Files

Find all SUID set les.

# find / -perm /u=s

12. Find SGID Files

Find all SGID set les.

# find / -perm /g=s

13. Find Read Only Files

Find all Read Only les.

# find / -perm /u=r

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14. Find Executable Files

Find all Executable les.

# find / -perm /a=x

15. Find Files with 777 Permissions and

Chmod to 644
Find all 777 permission les and use chmod command to set
permissions to 644.

# find / -type f -perm 0777 -print -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.

# find / -type d -perm 777 -print -exec chmod 755 {} \

17. Find and remove single File

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To nd a single le called tecmint.txt and remove it.

# find . -type f -name "tecmint.txt" -exec rm -f {} \;

18. Find and remove Multiple File

To nd and remove multiple les such as .mp3 or .txt, then
use.

# find . -type f -name "*.txt" -exec rm -f {} \;

OR
# find . -type f -name "*.mp3" -exec rm -f {} \;

19. Find all Empty Files

To nd all empty les under certain path.

# find /tmp -type f -empty

20. Find all Empty Directories

To le all empty directories under certain path.

# find /tmp -type d -empty

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21. File all Hidden Files

To nd all hidden les, use below command.

# find /tmp -type f -name ".*"

Part III – Search Files Based On Owners and Groups

22. Find Single File Based on User

To nd all or single le called tecmint.txt under / root directory
of owner root.

# find / -user root -name tecmint.txt

23. Find all Files Based on User

To nd all les that belongs to user Tecmint under /home
directory.

# find /home -user tecmint

24. Find all Files Based on Group

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To nd all les that belongs to group Developer under /home SHARE

directory.
+

# find /home -group developer 

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25. Find Particular Files of User 

To nd all .txt les of user Tecmint under /home directory. 0

# find /home -user tecmint -iname "*.txt" 

0

Part IV – Find Files and Directories Based on Date and 

Time

26. Find Last 50 Days Modi ed Files

To nd all the les which are modi ed 50 days back.

# find / -mtime 50

27. Find Last 50 Days Accessed Files

To nd all the les which are accessed 50 days back.

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# find / -atime 50

28. Find Last 50-100 Days Modi ed Files

To nd all the les which are modi ed more than 50 days back
and less than 100 days.

# find / -mtime +50 –mtime -100

29. Find Changed Files in Last 1 Hour

To nd all the les which are changed in last 1 hour.

# find / -cmin -60

30. Find Modi ed Files in Last 1 Hour

To nd all the les which are modi ed in last 1 hour.

# find / -mmin -60

31. Find Accessed Files in Last 1 Hour

To nd all the les which are accessed in last 1 hour.

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# find / -amin -60

Part V – Find Files and Directories Based on Size

32. Find 50MB Files

To nd all 50MB les, use.

# find / -size 50M

33. Find Size between 50MB – 100MB

To nd all the les which are greater than 50MB and less than
100MB.

# find / -size +50M -size -100M

34. Find and Delete 100MB Files

To nd all 100MB les and delete them using one single
command.

# find / -size +100M -exec rm -rf {} \;

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35. Find Speci c Files and Delete

Find all .mp3 les with more than 10MB and delete them using
one single command.

# find / -type f -name *.mp3 -size +10M -exec rm {} \;

That’s it, We are ending this post here, In our next article we
will discuss more about other Linux commands in depth with
practical examples. Let us know your opinions on this article
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lingaswamy  June 27, 2018 at 8:38 am

excellent info

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somesh  May 2, 2018 at 4:40 pm

Hello,
How to nd the les that are created in particular year??
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vikas Mhamunkar  April 28, 2018 at 2:13 pm

extraordinary site for learning Linux….:)
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S Govardhan Raju  May 11, 2017 at 4:06 pm

Sir,
Very much thankful for giving examples to nd command, but how to nd
particuler date les give me examples.
Govardhan Raju
Reply

Ravi Saive  May 12, 2017 at 10:52 am

 @Govardhan,
You mean nd modi ed les by date? if yes, here is the article, take a
quick look.
Find Recent or Today’s Modi ed Files in Linux
Reply

Satyendra kushwaha  May 10, 2017 at 11:16 pm

Nice bro, your articles are awesome for Linux users.
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Lalit Dalmia  April 19, 2017 at 1:58 am

Best site I ever have seen for the commands. A great work by you sir. Thanks a
lot for making Linux commands so easier.
Reply

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Razeen  March 31, 2017 at 12:24 am

Good extensive write up on Find Commands Ravi, keep up the good work !!!
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Ravi Saive  March 31, 2017 at 11:11 am

 @Razeen,
Thanks for nding it useful and thanks for appreciating my work..
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Luvpreet  March 10, 2017 at 2:18 pm

Tecmint is life for linux people.
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Ravi Saive  March 10, 2017 at 2:56 pm

 @Luvpreet,
Thanks for such kind words…:)
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