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==Examples== | ==Examples== | ||
Find a file or folder named "kate" somewhere under the current folder: | Find a file or folder named "kate" somewhere under the current folder: | ||
| − | : <bash>find -name kate</ | + | : <syntaxhighlight lang=bash>find -name kate</syntaxhighlight> |
Find all files or folders with the extension ".txt": | Find all files or folders with the extension ".txt": | ||
| − | : <bash>find -name *.txt</ | + | : <syntaxhighlight lang=bash>find -name *.txt</syntaxhighlight> |
View, in realtime, all additions to any file whose extension is ".log": | View, in realtime, all additions to any file whose extension is ".log": | ||
| − | : <bash>find . -name "*.log" | xargs tail -f</ | + | : <syntaxhighlight lang=bash>find . -name "*.log" | xargs tail -f</syntaxhighlight> |
(This is useful for monitoring web server (e.g. [[Apache web server|Apache]]) activity.) | (This is useful for monitoring web server (e.g. [[Apache web server|Apache]]) activity.) | ||
==Links== | ==Links== | ||
===Reference=== | ===Reference=== | ||
* {{l/manpage}} | * {{l/manpage}} | ||
Revision as of 23:53, 27 December 2017
About
The find Linux 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 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.)