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Command: find - find files meeting a given condition
Syntax: find directory expression
Flags: (none)
Examples: find / -name a.out -print # Print all a.out
paths
find /usr/ast ! -newer f -ok rm {} \\; # Ask before
removing
find /usr -size +20 -exec mv {} /big \\; # move files >
20 blks
find / ( -name a.out -o -name '*.o' ) -exec rm {}\\; # 2
conds
Find descends the file tree starting at the given directory
checking each file in that directory and its subdirectories against a
predicate. If the predicate is true, an action is taken. The
predicates may be connected by -a (Boolean and), -o (Boolean or) and !
(Boolean negation). Each predicate is true under the conditions
specified below. The integer n may also be +n to mean any value greater
than n, -n to mean any value less than n, or just n for exactly n.
-name s true if current filename is s (include shell wild cards)
-size n true if file size is n blocks
-inum n true if the current file's i-node number is n
-mtime n true if modification time relative to today (in days) is n
-links n true if the number of links to the file is n
-newer f true if the file is newer than f
-perm n true if the file's permission bits = n (n is in octal)
-user u true if the uid = u (a numerical value, not a login name)
-group g true if the gid = g (a numerical value, not a group name)
-type x where x is bcdfug (block, char, dir, regular file, setuid,
setgid)
-xdev do not cross devices to search mounted file systems
Following the expression can be one of the following, telling what to do
when a file is found:
-print print the file name on standard output
-exec execute a MINIX command, {} stands for the file name
-ok prompts before executing the command