Difference between revisions of "cmd/find"

Latest revision as of 13:43, 17 February 2025

The find command searches directory trees for files whose directory information meets particular criteria.

To search by content, use grep.

Find a file or folder named "kate" somewhere under the current folder:

find -name kate

Find all files or folders with the extension ".txt":

find -name *.txt

View, in realtime, all additions to any file whose extension is ".log":

find . -name "*.log" | xargs tail -f

(This is useful for monitoring web server (e.g. Apache) activity.)

Note that -name is case-sensitive; use -iname for case-agnostic.

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 ==About==
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+The {{l/cmd|find}} [[cmd|command]] searches directory trees for files whose directory information meets particular criteria.
+To search by content, use [[grep]].
 ==Examples==
-Find a file or folder named "kate" somewhere in the filesystem:
+Find a file or folder named "kate" somewhere under the current folder:
-: <code>find -name kate</code>
+: <syntaxhighlight inline lang=bash>find -name kate</syntaxhighlight>
 Find all files or folders with the extension ".txt":
-: <code>find -name *.txt</code>
+: <syntaxhighlight inline lang=bash>find -name *.txt</syntaxhighlight>
-==Links==
-===Reference===
+View, in realtime, all additions to any file whose extension is ".log":
-* {{l/manpage}}
+: <syntaxhighlight inline lang=bash>find . -name "*.log" | xargs tail -f</syntaxhighlight>
+(This is useful for monitoring web server (e.g. [[Apache web server|Apache]]) activity.)
+Note that <code>-name</code> is case-sensitive; use <code>-iname</code> for case-agnostic.