find brief order

Linux Linux system Find command is one of the most important and most frequently used commands. Find command to search for and find files and directories based on the file list with the parameters that match the specified criteria. Find can be used in a variety of conditions, you can find files by permission possible conditions, users, groups, file type, date, size and so on.

Find common usage in Linux

·find path -option [ -print ] [ -exec -ok command ] {} \;

find the parameters of the command;

pathname: directory path to find the command you are looking for. For example. To indicate the current directory, / root system is represented.
-print: the output file will match the find command to standard output.
-exec: find command to execute shell commands given by the parameter file match. Form of these commands to 'command' {} \ ;, and attention {} \; space between.
-ok: -exec action and the same, but in a more secure mode to execute shell commands given by the parameter before executing each command will prompt allows users to determine whether to execute.

# -print the searched file to standard output
# -exec command {} \; - found in the command file execution operation, and {} \; space between
the same and # -ok -exec, but before the operation to the user query

-name filename # find a file called filename
-perm # by executing authority to find
-user username # by file owner to find
-group groupname # in groups to find
-mtime -n + n # by file to change the time to find the file , -n refers to within n days, + n n refers days ago
-atime -n + n # by file access times to check GIN: 0px ">

Before -ctime -n + n # by file creation time to find the file, -n refers to within n days, + n refers to n days

-nogroup # investigation file without a valid genus group is a group that is not present in the file / etc / groups in

-nouser # investigation file without a valid owner, i.e. the owner of the file does not exist in the / etc / passwd in
-newer f1! f2 to find the file, -n means within n days, n refers to the n + ago
-ctime -n + n # by file creation time to find the file, -n refers to within n days, + n n refers days ago
-nogroup # check file without a valid belong to the group, that is a group of files in / etc / groups do not exist in
-nouser # check without a valid owner of the file, that is the main document does not exist in / etc / passwd in
-newer f1! f2 # check for changes longer than f1 f2 than the new but the old files
-type b / d / c / p / l / f # search block device, directory, character devices, pipes, symbolic links, normal file
-size n [c] # search block length n [n bytes or] file
-depth # make finding before entering subdirectory Find first complete catalog
-fstype # check for changes longer than f1 f2 than the new but the old files
-type b / d / c / p / l / f # Charles is a block device, directory, character equipment, pipes, symbolic links, general file
-size n [c] Check block length n # [n bytes or] file
-depth # make finding before entering subdirectory complete catalog look-ahead
-fstype # check files that are located a certain type of file system, the file system type is usually in the / etc / fstab found
not check files across when -mount # file system mount points
-follow # If you have a symbolic link file, trace file link within the meaning of
-cpio%; # check files that are located a certain type of file system, the file system type is usually in the / etc / fstab found
do not cross when -mount # check file system mount points
-follow # If you have a symbolic link file, you trace file link within the meaning of
-cpio # matching files using cpio command, they will be backed up to a tape device in
-prune # ignore a directory

-amin # find the file in the system last-minute visit N

-mmin # N minutes to find the last modified file in the system

Through this article, we share our daily experiences and how to use Linux Find command in the form of examples. In this article, we'll show you an example of the Find command Linux 35 most commonly used. We refer to this section is divided into five parts, from basic to use the find command in advance.

Part I: Find the name of the file to find the basic search command
Part II: find files based on their permissions
Part III: Search for files based on the owner and group
Part IV: find files and directories based on the date and time
Part V: according to the size of the find files and directories