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<code>find /home myfile.txt</code> This will look in the /home folder for myfile.txt (if you leave out the location, find will look in the directory you are currently in.) | <code>find /home myfile.txt</code> This will look in the /home folder for myfile.txt (if you leave out the location, find will look in the directory you are currently in.) | ||
== By Name == | |||
By default, find is case-sensitive. The above example will not find MYFILE.TXT. If you want the search to be case insensitive: | By default, find is case-sensitive. The above example will not find MYFILE.TXT. The <code> -iname </code> flag tells find to ignore case. | ||
If you want the search to be case insensitive: | |||
<code>find -iname myfile.txt</code> | <code>find -iname myfile.txt</code> | ||
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== By Type == | |||
<code>find -type f -name "*.txt"</code> This will find all the files whose name ends in .txt in the current directory. | |||
The <code> -type f </code> flag tells find to look for files ( <code> -type d </code> will tell find to look for directories.) | |||
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<li>[http://man.he.net/?topic=find§ion=all find man page]</li> | <li>[http://man.he.net/?topic=find§ion=all find man page]</li> | ||
<li>[http://www.tecmint.com/35-practical-examples-of-linux-find-command/ Tecmint find Examples]</li> | |||
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Revision as of 17:54, 23 December 2016
Find is used to search the directory system for files.
find location options search pattern
find /home myfile.txt This will look in the /home folder for myfile.txt (if you leave out the location, find will look in the directory you are currently in.)
By Name
By default, find is case-sensitive. The above example will not find MYFILE.TXT. The -iname flag tells find to ignore case.
If you want the search to be case insensitive:
find -iname myfile.txt
The above will find all of the following: myfile.txt MYFILE.TXT MyFile.txt (etc...)
By Type
find -type f -name "*.txt" This will find all the files whose name ends in .txt in the current directory.
The -type f flag tells find to look for files ( -type d will tell find to look for directories.)