Using the Unix/Linux find Command

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Using the Unix/Linux find Command

10-16-2006, 09:58 AM,

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Using the Unix/Linux find Command

Quote:find is one of the most useful Linux/Unix tools around, but most people use only a fraction of its power. Many Linux/Unix questions seen online can be solved using the find command alone; it's simply a matter of becoming familiar with its options.

The power of find lets you do anything from finding all your .jpg files to seeing "all of Michael's files that have the execute bit set and have been modified since yesterday." When combined with xargs, a properly wielded find command can make many common tasks ten times easier.

Let's start simple and get progressively more advanced...

full article: http://dmiessler.com/study/nix/commands/find/

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