To search files/directories by their user and user group, run the find command with ‘-user’ and ‘-group’ options. find /home -type f -perm /a=xīrowse Files/Directories By User And Groups Similarly, the following command uses the -perm option to find executable files. Following command finds files with read-only restriction. To find files with specific permission, use the ‘-perm’ option. find /home -type f -name "*.txt" -mtime -2įind /home -type f -name "*.txt" -atime +4įind /home -type f -name "*.txt" -ctime -2īrowse Files/Directories With Specific Permissions Following command searches for files that have modified timestamps of the last two days. You can search files by specifying modification, access, and creation time of the file with the ‘-mtime’, ‘-atime’, and ‘-ctime ’ options. find /home -type f -size +5Mīrowse Files/Directories Using Timestamps The ‘+’ and ‘-’ sign is the format used for “more than” and “less than” operators. You can limit the search of the files by providing a size limit with the ‘-size’ option.
To search for a specific type of file, use the ‘-type’ option in your Find command. find /home -type f -name "*.txt"īrowse Files/Directories by File Type and Size You can narrow down files using their extensions pattern with the following command. To search without case sensitivity, use the ‘-iname’ option.
Note: ‘-type’ option in the above commands specifies whether we are searching for a file or directory.įind command search is case-sensitive by default. Similarly, You can find the directory by name using the following command. To search for a specific file by name with the ‘-name’ option, run the following command. These instructions are valid for any Linux-based system. Note: The commands in this tutorial are executed on the Linux Mint system.
In this tutorial, you will learn the Find command, its options, and uses that go beyond the basic syntax. Though there are multiple ways to do this task, searching with the Find command is the most efficient and convenient method to find your target file/directory. Searching through these files is a simple task that every user has to do. Everything is considered a file in the Linux system.
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