tldr/pages/common/find.md

# find

> Find files or directories under the given directory tree, recursively.
> More information: <https://manned.org/find>.

- Find files by extension:

`find {{root_path}} -name '{{*.ext}}'`

- Find files matching multiple path/name patterns:

`find {{root_path}} -path '{{**/path/**/*.ext}} -or -name '{{*pattern*}}'`

- Find directories matching a given name, in case-insensitive mode:

`find {{root_path}} -type d -iname '{{*lib*}}'`

- Find files matching a given pattern, excluding specific paths:

`find {{root_path}} -name '{{*.py}}' -not -path '{{*/site-packages/*}}'`

- Find files matching a given size range:

`find {{root_path}} -size {{+500k}} -size {{-10M}}`

- Run a command for each file (use `{}` within the command to access the filename):

`find {{root_path}} -name '{{*.ext}}' -exec {{wc -l {} }}\;`

- Find files modified in the last 7 days and delete them:

`find {{root_path}} -mtime -{{7}} -delete`

- Find empty (0 byte) files and delete them:

`find {{root_path}} -type {{f}} -empty -delete`
Add doc for find(1) 2013-12-11 21:23:59 +11:00			`# find`

find: reoder example 2018-08-26 10:19:15 +05:30			`> Find files or directories under the given directory tree, recursively.`
add more information links 2021-04-17 17:15:37 +02:00			`> More information: <https://manned.org/find>.`
Add doc for find(1) 2013-12-11 21:23:59 +11:00
Formatted all pages according to guidelines. 2016-01-07 18:31:27 +01:00			`- Find files by extension:`
Add doc for find(1) 2013-12-11 21:23:59 +11:00
find: quotes outside tokens; generic extension (#1160) The generic extension is to conform to our contribution guidelines: https://github.com/tldr-pages/tldr/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md#token-syntax 2016-11-26 15:51:12 +00:00			`find {{root_path}} -name '{{*.ext}}'`
Add doc for find(1) 2013-12-11 21:23:59 +11:00
find: add example to find and delete empty files (#5973) 2021-05-17 05:06:51 +10:00			`- Find files matching multiple path/name patterns:`
find: add searching multiple patterns simultaneously (#2589) 2018-11-15 13:33:41 -08:00
find: add example to find and delete empty files (#5973) 2021-05-17 05:06:51 +10:00			`find {{root_path}} -path '{{/path//.ext}} -or -name '{{pattern*}}'`
find: add searching multiple patterns simultaneously (#2589) 2018-11-15 13:33:41 -08:00
find: various improvements (#3124) * find: various improvements The information content of the page should be unchanged, but hopefully it's now easier to read (and respects our length recommendations of 8 maximum examples). The changes include: - Make the `-mtime` example more intuitive, so it only needs to be shown once, and combine the `-delete` option with the first (now only) `-mtime` example (thus reducing the page size back to 8 examples) - Fix a comma splice in the `-exec` example, and a missing "a" in the `-path` example - Reorder the examples to provide a more consistent and intuitive sequence (e.g. by introducing `-iname` in an earlier example, and moving the `-exec` command down) * clarify -size example description 2019-06-24 03:43:25 +01:00			`- Find directories matching a given name, in case-insensitive mode:`
find: reoder example 2018-08-26 10:19:15 +05:30
find: always enclose the pattern in quotes (#3983) As mentioned in man page, should always enclose the pattern in quotes in order to protect it from expansion by the shell. 2020-04-16 00:51:26 +08:00			`find {{root_path}} -type d -iname '{{lib}}'`
find: reoder example 2018-08-26 10:19:15 +05:30
find: various improvements (#3124) * find: various improvements The information content of the page should be unchanged, but hopefully it's now easier to read (and respects our length recommendations of 8 maximum examples). The changes include: - Make the `-mtime` example more intuitive, so it only needs to be shown once, and combine the `-delete` option with the first (now only) `-mtime` example (thus reducing the page size back to 8 examples) - Fix a comma splice in the `-exec` example, and a missing "a" in the `-path` example - Reorder the examples to provide a more consistent and intuitive sequence (e.g. by introducing `-iname` in an earlier example, and moving the `-exec` command down) * clarify -size example description 2019-06-24 03:43:25 +01:00			`- Find files matching a given pattern, excluding specific paths:`
Update find.md 2015-12-28 17:43:58 +08:00
find: various improvements (#3124) * find: various improvements The information content of the page should be unchanged, but hopefully it's now easier to read (and respects our length recommendations of 8 maximum examples). The changes include: - Make the `-mtime` example more intuitive, so it only needs to be shown once, and combine the `-delete` option with the first (now only) `-mtime` example (thus reducing the page size back to 8 examples) - Fix a comma splice in the `-exec` example, and a missing "a" in the `-path` example - Reorder the examples to provide a more consistent and intuitive sequence (e.g. by introducing `-iname` in an earlier example, and moving the `-exec` command down) * clarify -size example description 2019-06-24 03:43:25 +01:00			`find {{root_path}} -name '{{.py}}' -not -path '{{/site-packages/*}}'`
A bunch of new pages: common/: dig, gzip, rm, sort, zfs, zpool linux/: apt-get, shutdown osx/: airport, caffeinate, diskutil, networksetup open, pgrep, qlmanage, say, shutdown, sysctl, system_profiler Edits to existing pages: curl: Added simple download example find: Added iname and size exmaples grep: Edited -c description ps: Added wide lines example ssh: edited -D description, added simple port forwarding example unzip: added list option 2014-02-10 12:36:05 -08:00
find: various improvements (#3124) * find: various improvements The information content of the page should be unchanged, but hopefully it's now easier to read (and respects our length recommendations of 8 maximum examples). The changes include: - Make the `-mtime` example more intuitive, so it only needs to be shown once, and combine the `-delete` option with the first (now only) `-mtime` example (thus reducing the page size back to 8 examples) - Fix a comma splice in the `-exec` example, and a missing "a" in the `-path` example - Reorder the examples to provide a more consistent and intuitive sequence (e.g. by introducing `-iname` in an earlier example, and moving the `-exec` command down) * clarify -size example description 2019-06-24 03:43:25 +01:00			`- Find files matching a given size range:`
A bunch of new pages: common/: dig, gzip, rm, sort, zfs, zpool linux/: apt-get, shutdown osx/: airport, caffeinate, diskutil, networksetup open, pgrep, qlmanage, say, shutdown, sysctl, system_profiler Edits to existing pages: curl: Added simple download example find: Added iname and size exmaples grep: Edited -c description ps: Added wide lines example ssh: edited -D description, added simple port forwarding example unzip: added list option 2014-02-10 12:36:05 -08:00
find: various improvements (#3124) * find: various improvements The information content of the page should be unchanged, but hopefully it's now easier to read (and respects our length recommendations of 8 maximum examples). The changes include: - Make the `-mtime` example more intuitive, so it only needs to be shown once, and combine the `-delete` option with the first (now only) `-mtime` example (thus reducing the page size back to 8 examples) - Fix a comma splice in the `-exec` example, and a missing "a" in the `-path` example - Reorder the examples to provide a more consistent and intuitive sequence (e.g. by introducing `-iname` in an earlier example, and moving the `-exec` command down) * clarify -size example description 2019-06-24 03:43:25 +01:00			`find {{root_path}} -size {{+500k}} -size {{-10M}}`
Add find -delete 2015-12-27 11:22:17 +05:30
find: various improvements (#3124) * find: various improvements The information content of the page should be unchanged, but hopefully it's now easier to read (and respects our length recommendations of 8 maximum examples). The changes include: - Make the `-mtime` example more intuitive, so it only needs to be shown once, and combine the `-delete` option with the first (now only) `-mtime` example (thus reducing the page size back to 8 examples) - Fix a comma splice in the `-exec` example, and a missing "a" in the `-path` example - Reorder the examples to provide a more consistent and intuitive sequence (e.g. by introducing `-iname` in an earlier example, and moving the `-exec` command down) * clarify -size example description 2019-06-24 03:43:25 +01:00			- Run a command for each file (use `{}` within the command to access the filename):
Add find -delete 2015-12-27 11:22:17 +05:30
find: various improvements (#3124) * find: various improvements The information content of the page should be unchanged, but hopefully it's now easier to read (and respects our length recommendations of 8 maximum examples). The changes include: - Make the `-mtime` example more intuitive, so it only needs to be shown once, and combine the `-delete` option with the first (now only) `-mtime` example (thus reducing the page size back to 8 examples) - Fix a comma splice in the `-exec` example, and a missing "a" in the `-path` example - Reorder the examples to provide a more consistent and intuitive sequence (e.g. by introducing `-iname` in an earlier example, and moving the `-exec` command down) * clarify -size example description 2019-06-24 03:43:25 +01:00			`find {{root_path}} -name '{{*.ext}}' -exec {{wc -l {} }}\;`
find: added options for multiple search criteria and empty files added path for -empty option 2015-12-30 20:43:58 +02:00
find: add example to find and delete empty files (#5973) 2021-05-17 05:06:51 +10:00			`- Find files modified in the last 7 days and delete them:`

			`find {{root_path}} -mtime -{{7}} -delete`

			`- Find empty (0 byte) files and delete them:`
find: ignore given directory (#1289) * find path while excluding certain directory * delete the `find {{root_path}} -empty` command to meet the demand of 8 commands at most * tokenize the demo parameter 2017-03-10 08:48:29 -06:00
find: add example to find and delete empty files (#5973) 2021-05-17 05:06:51 +10:00			`find {{root_path}} -type {{f}} -empty -delete`