Tools / find
Tool · short entry
find
Walks a directory tree and tests entries against conditions such as a name pattern or a type.
Before you use it
Limit the search to authorized directories. -delete removes files, and -exec runs commands; listing is only one possible action.
Taught in
- find, grep, file, strings, and which 03 · Command line
Also in
- Getting help 03 · Command line
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