\t\t\t\tCan be OR’d or negated with -o or -not
\n find -user joe -not -group joe
\n find -user joe -o -user jane
\n find -not \\( -user joe -o -user jane \\) <\/p>\n
Can match ownership by name or id
\n find \/ -user joe -o -uid 500
\n Can match octal or symbolic permissions
\n find -perm 755
\n matches if mode is exactly 755
\n find -perm +222
\n matches if anyone can write
\n find -perm -222
\n matches if everyone can write
\n find -perm -002
\n matches if other can write<\/p>\n
Many find criteria take numeric values
\n find -size 10M
\n Files with a size of exactly 10 megabytes
\n find -size +10M
\n Files with a size over 10 megabytes
\n find -size -10M
\n Files with a size less than 10 megabytes
\n Other modifiers are available such as k for KB, G for GB, etc.<\/p>\n
find can match by inode timestamps
\n -atime when file was last read
\n -mtime when file data last changed
\n -ctime when file data or metadata last changed
\n Value given is in days
\n find \/tmp -ctime +10
\n Files changed more than 10 days ago
\n Can use a value of minutes
\n -amin
\n -mmin
\n -cmin
\n find \/etc -amin -60<\/p>\n
Commands can be executed on found files
\n Command must be preceded with -exec or -ok
\n -ok prompts before acting on each file
\n Command must end with Space\\;
\n Can use {} as a filename placeholder
\n find -size +100M -ok mv {} \/tmp\/largefiles\/ \\; <\/p>\n
Back up configuration files, adding a .orig extension
\n $ find -name ‘*.conf’ -exec cp {} {}.orig \\;
\n Prompt to remove Joe’s tmp files that are over 3 days old
\n $ find \/tmp -ctime +3 -user joe -ok rm {} \\;
\n Fix other-writable files in your home directory
\n $ find ~ -perm -002 -exec chmod o-w {} \\;
\n Do an ls -l style listing of all directories in \/home\/
\n $ find \/home -type d -ls
\n Find files that end in .sh but are not executable by anyone. For each file, ask to make it executable by everyone
\n $ find -not -perm +111 -name ‘*.sh’ -ok chmod 755 {} \\;\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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