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# The `find` command
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The `find` command lets you **search for files in a directory hierarchy**
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- Search a file with specific name.
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- Search a file with pattern
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- Search for empty files and directories.
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### Examples:
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1. Search a file with specific name:
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```[linux]
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find ./directory1 -name sample.txt
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```
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2. Search a file with pattern:
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```[linux]
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find ./directory1 -name '*.txt'
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```
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3. To find all directories whose name is test in / directory.
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```[linux]
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find / -type d -name test
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```
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4. Searching empty files in current directory
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```[linux]
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find . -size 0k
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```
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### Syntax:
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```[linux]
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find [options] [paths] [expression]
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```
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**In Simple words**
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```[linux]
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find [where to start searching from]
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[expression determines what to find] [-options] [what to find]
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```
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### Additional Flags and their Functionalities:
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Commonly-used primaries include:
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- `name` pattern - tests whether the file name matches the shell-glob pattern given.
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- `type` type - tests whether the file is a given type. Unix file types accepted include:
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| **options** | **Description** |
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| :------------- | :-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
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| `b` | block device (buffered) |
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| `d` | directory |
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| `f` | regular file |
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| `l` | Symbolic link |
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| `-print` | always returns true; prints the name of the current file plus a newline to the stdout. |
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| `-mtime n` | find's all the files which are modified n days back. |
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| `-atime n` | find's all the files which are accessed 50 days back. |
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| `-cmin n` | find's all the files which are modified in the last 1 hour.|
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| ` -newer file` | find's file was modified more recently than file.|
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| `-size n` | File uses n units of space, rounding up.|
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### Help Command
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Run below command to view the complete guide to `find` command or [click here](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Find_(Unix)).
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```[linux]
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man find
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```
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