Difference between revisions of "Find"
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Find allows you to find files, e.g. | Find allows you to find files, e.g. | ||
| − | = find files older than ... = | + | = find by time = |
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| + | == find files older than ... == | ||
To find files in ''folder'' that are older than ''5'' days use | To find files in ''folder'' that are older than ''5'' days use | ||
find ''folder'' -ctime +''5'' -exec ls {} \; | find ''folder'' -ctime +''5'' -exec ls {} \; | ||
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| + | == file modification == | ||
| + | To find files whose content has been modified ''1'' days ago or earlier use | ||
| + | find . -mtime -1 | ||
= find files that have content = | = find files that have content = | ||
Revision as of 22:30, 13 March 2010
Find allows you to find files, e.g.
Contents
find by time
find files older than ...
To find files in folder that are older than 5 days use
find folder -ctime +5 -exec ls {} \;
file modification
To find files whose content has been modified 1 days ago or earlier use
find . -mtime -1
find files that have content
find -not -empty -iname "foo*"
find files by content
To find files by content you do not use find, but grep.
