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Search & Find

Find a file by name

$ find / -iname "[query]"
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$ fd [query]
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$ fzf
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Find all path names containing a phrase

$ locate [query]
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$ plocate [query]
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Find the path of an executable

$ which [command]
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Find location of binary/source/man files for a command

$ whereis [command]
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Search for pattern in output of command

$ history | grep [phrase]
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Find files whose content was modified less than 60 minutes ago

$ find / -mmin -60
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Find files whose status was changed less than 60 minutes ago

$ find / -cmin -60
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Find all files accessed 7 days ago

$ find / -atime 7
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Search for pattern in file

$ grep [query] [file]
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$ rg [query] [file]
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$ ag [query] [file]
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Find files between 10MB and 100MB

$ find / -size +10M -size -100M
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Find files by extension

$ fd -e [extension]
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$ find . -type f -name "*.[extension]"
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$ locate "*.[extension]"
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Search recursively in files

$ grep -r [query] [path]
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$ rg [query] [path]
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$ ag [query] [path]
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Find empty files and directories

$ find / -type f -empty
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$ find / -type d -empty
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