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find searches a directory for files
find /tmp -type d -print
tmp: directory to search
-type d: which files
-print: action to do with the files
There are my favourite find arguments!
-name/-iname
case insensitive
the filename! eg
-name '*.txt'
-path /-ipath
search the full path!
-path /home/*/*.go
-type [TYPE]
f: regular file
d: directory
1: symlink
and more!
-maxdepth NUM
only descend NUM levels when searching a directory.
-Size O
find empty files! Useful to find files you created by accident
-exec COMMAND
action: run COMMAND on every file found
-print0
print null-separated filenames
Use with xargs -O!
-delete
action: delete all files found
locate
The locate command searches a database of every file on your system.
good: faster than find
bad: can get out of date
$ sudo updatedb
updates the database
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