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In this article, we will go over find command in Linux with examples.

Find files by file name in current directory

Command : find -name '*Data*'

Find files by file name in current directory

Command : find -iname '*DAta*'

Find directory by name

Command : find -type d -iname "Data"

Find files which was modified recently

Command : find -mtime 2

Find all files with specific permission

Command : find -type f -perm 777

Find all files which has a specific word

Command : find -iname '*DAta*' -print | xargs grep "FNU"

Command : find -iname '*DAta*' -type f -exec grep "FNU" '{}'  \\; -print

Find files in current sub directory only (maxdepth)

Command : find -maxdepth 1 -type f -iname '*DAta*'
Command : find -maxdepth 2 -type f -iname '*DAta*'

Find all files greater than specific size

Command : find * -size +10k -exec ls -l {} \;

Command : find * -size +10k;

Find empty files in current directory

Command : find -type f -empty

Find and delete the files

Command : find -type f -empty -delete

Find all files which was accessed in last n days

Command : find -atime 0

Find all files which was modified in last n days

Command : find -mtime 0

Find all files which was changed in last n days

Command : find -ctime 0 -type f