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# To find files by case-insensitive extension (ex: .jpg, .JPG, .jpG):
find . -iname "*.jpg"
# To find directories:
find . -type d
# To find files:
find . -type f
# To find files by octal permission:
find . -type f -perm 777
# To 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 '{}' \;
# To find files with extension '.txt' and look for a string into them:
find ./path/ -name '*.txt' | xargs grep 'string'
# To 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
# To find files bigger thank 2 MB and list them:
find . -type f -size +20000k -exec ls -lh {} \; | awk '{ print $9 ": " $5 }'
# To find files modified more than 7 days ago and list file information
find . -type f -mtime +7d -ls
# To find symlinks owned by a user and list file information
find . -type l --user=username -ls
# To search for and delete empty directories
find . -type d -empty -exec rmdir {} \;
# To search for directories named build at a max depth of 2 directories
find . -maxdepth 2 -name build -type d
# To search all files who are not in .git directory
find . ! -iwholename '*.git*' -type f
# To find all files that have the same node (hard link) as MY_FILE_HERE
find . -type f -samefile MY_FILE_HERE 2>/dev/null
# To find all files in the current directory and modify their permissions
find . -type f -exec chmod 644 {} \;
# To 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 {} \+