How to Find Files in Linux Using the Command Line

Posted by linuxize on Jun 14, 2018 8:59 AM EDT
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Find is a command-line utility which allows you to search for files and directories in a directory hierarchy based on a user given expression and applies a user specified action on each matched file.

The Linux Find command is one of the most powerful tools in the Linux system administrators arsenal.

Find is a command-line utility which allows you to search for files and directories in a directory hierarchy based on a user given expression and applies a user specified action on each matched file.

You can use the find command to search for files based on the file permissions, type, date, ownership, size and more. It also can be used in combination with other tools such as grep or sed to perform operations on those files.

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