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Find a file by name
$
find
/ -iname "[query]"
Find all path names containing a phrase
$
locate
[query]
Find the path of an executable
$
which
[command]
Find location of binary/source/man files for a command
$
whereis
[command]
Search for pattern in output of command
$
history
|
grep
[phrase]
Find modified files since last 60 minutes
$
find
/ -mmin -60
Find changed files since last 60 minutes
$
find
/ -cmin -60
FInd all files which are accessed 7 days back
$
find
/ -atime 7
Search for pattern in file
$
grep
[query] [file]
Find all files which are greater than 10MB and less than 100MB
$
find
/ -size +10M -size -100M
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