cmd/find

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Examples

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

<bash>find -name kate</bash>

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

<bash>find -name *.txt</bash>

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

<bash>find . -name "*.log" | xargs tail -f</bash>

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

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