# Find files by case-insensitive extension (ex: .jpg, .JPG, .jpG): find . -iname '*.jpg' # Find directories: find . -type d # Find files: find . -type f # Find files by octal permission: find . -type f -perm 777 # Find files with setuid bit set: find . -xdev \( -perm -4000 \) -type f -print0 | xargs -0 ls -l # To find files with extension '.txt' and remove them: find ./path/ -name '*.txt' -exec rm '{}' \; # Find files with extension '.txt' and look for a string into them: find ./path/ -name '*.txt' | xargs grep 'string' # Find files with size bigger than 5 Mb and sort them by size: find . -size +5M -type f -print0 | xargs -0 ls -Ssh | sort -z # Find files bigger thank 2 MB and list them: find . -type f -size +20000k -exec ls -lh {} \; | awk '{ print $9 ": " $5 }' # Find files modified more than 7 days ago and list file information find . -type f -mtime +7d -ls # Find symlinks owned by a user and list file information find . -type l --user=username -ls # Search for and delete empty directories find . -type d -empty -exec rmdir {} \; # Search for directories named build at a max depth of 2 directories find . -maxdepth 2 -name build -type d # Search all files who are not in .git directory find . ! -iwholename '*.git*' -type f # Find all files that have the same node (hard link) as MY_FILE_HERE find . -type f -samefile MY_FILE_HERE 2>/dev/null # Find all files in the current directory and modify their permissions find . -type f -exec chmod 644 {} \; # Find files with extension '.txt.' and edit all of them with vim # vim is started only once for all files find . -iname '*.txt' -exec vim {} \+ # Find all files with extension '.png' and rename them by changing extension to # '.jpg' (base name is preserved) find . -type f -iname '*.png' -exec bash -c 'mv "$0" "${0%.*}.jpg"' {} \; # Use logic and grouping to delete extension-specific files. find \( -iname "*.jpg" -or -iname "*.sfv" -or -iname "*.xspf" \) -type f -delete # List all executable files, by basename, found within PATH. find ${PATH//:/ } -type f -executable -printf "%P\n"