https://marktaguiad.dev/tags/find/ Recent content in Find on marktaguiad.dev Hugo en-us marktaguiad@marktaguiad.dev (Mark Taguiad) marktaguiad@marktaguiad.dev (Mark Taguiad) marktaguiad.dev Thu, 19 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://marktaguiad.dev/post/find-notes/ Thu, 19 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0000marktaguiad@marktaguiad.dev (Mark Taguiad) https://marktaguiad.dev/post/find-notes/ <img src="https://marktaguiad.dev/images/linux/ranger-vim-sed-awk-find/power-rangers.png" alt="imagen" style="display: block; margin: 0 auto;" loading="lazy" > <h1 id="table-of-contents">Table of Contents</h1> <nav id="TableOfContents"> <ol> <li><a href="#what-is-find">What is Find?</a></li> <li><a href="#find-by-name">Find by name</a> <ol> <li><a href="#case-senstive">Case senstive</a></li> </ol> </li> <li><a href="#find-by-file-type">Find by file type</a></li> <li><a href="#find-in-a-specific-directory">Find in a specific directory</a></li> <li><a href="#limit-search-depth">Limit search depth</a></li> <li><a href="#find-by-size">Find by size</a></li> <li><a href="#find-by-time">Find by time</a> <ol> <li><a href="#modified-time">Modified time</a></li> <li><a href="#access-time">Access time</a></li> <li><a href="#changed-time">Changed time</a></li> </ol> </li> <li><a href="#find-empty-files-and-directories">Find empty files and directories</a></li> <li><a href="#find-by-permissions">Find by permissions</a> <ol> <li><a href="#executable-files">Executable files</a></li> </ol> </li> <li><a href="#find-by-owner">Find by owner</a></li> <li><a href="#combination-conditions">Combination Conditions</a> <ol> <li><a href="#and">AND</a></li> <li><a href="#or">OR</a></li> <li><a href="#not">NOT</a></li> </ol> </li> <li><a href="#actions-with--exec">Actions with -exec</a> <ol> <li><a href="#delete-files">Delete files</a></li> <li><a href="#run-commands-on-results">Run commands on results</a></li> <li><a href="#use--for-better-performance">Use + for better performance</a></li> </ol> </li> <li><a href="#advance-usage">Advance Usage</a> <ol> <li><a href="#find-and-pipe-safely-with-space">Find and pipe safely with space</a></li> <li><a href="#find-large-files-top-space-users">Find large files (top space users)</a></li> <li><a href="#find-files-modified-in-last-10-minutes">Find files modified in last 10 minutes</a></li> <li><a href="#find-files-and-copy-them">Find files and copy them</a></li> <li><a href="#find-duplicate-filenames">Find duplicate filenames</a></li> <li><a href="#find-broken-symlinks">Find broken symlinks</a></li> <li><a href="#exclude-directories">Exclude directories</a></li> <li><a href="#find-large-log-files-older-than-30-days-and-delete">Find large log files older than 30 days and delete</a></li> </ol> </li> </ol> </nav> <h3 id="what-is-find">What is Find?</h3> <p><code>Find</code> searches for files and directories based on name, type, size, time, permissions, owner, and more.</p>