Find

-print

• Just print the filename
• This is the default action when none is provided

find . -print
find . # same!

-type

• Search by file type

file . -type f # file
file . -type d # directory

-name

• Search by file name

find . -name notes.txt
find . -iname notes # include name

-delete

# delete files with a name
find . -name "package-lock.json" -type f -delete

# delete empty directories
find . -type d -empty -delete

-prune

find . -name "node_modules" -type d -prune # list
find . -name "node_modules" -type d -prune -exec rm -rf "{}" + # delete

-empty

• Find empty

# Find empty directories
find . -type d -empty

-path

• Exclude a path from search

find . -not -path "/home/*" # find everything that is not in the home folder
find . ! -path "/home/*" ! -path "/proc/*" # exclude multiple folders

-nogroup

• Files without group (group has been removed)

find . -nogroup -ls

-regex

find . -regex ".*\(aaa\|bbb\).*\.so" -exec cp {} {}.bak \;