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==-name Patterns== | |||
A pattern for file names with specific characters on specific positions can be specified with [...]: | |||
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find . -name *.[jw]ar | |||
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looks for *.jar and *.war. | |||
Revision as of 16:38, 1 May 2017
Internal
Usage
Target Type
find . -type <type-identifier>
where the type identifier can be:
- f regular file
- d directory
- l symbolic link
- b block special
- c character special
- p FIFO
- s socket
Case Insensitive Search
find . -iname ...
Control Descend Depth
The upper and lower limit of the descend depth can be controlled with -mindepth and -maxdepth, as follows:
find . -mindepth n
Configure find to apply tests and action at levels equal or deeper than n. -mindepth 1 processes all but the command line arguments.
find . -maxdepth n
Configure find to descend at most n directory levels below the command line arguments. -maxdepth 0 limits the whole search to the command line arguments.
In order to access directory between an upper and lower depth limit, both -mindepth and -maxdepth should be used.
Time Constraints
Find all files modified less that 2 days ago
find . -mtime -2
-name Patterns
A pattern for file names with specific characters on specific positions can be specified with [...]:
find . -name *.[jw]ar
looks for *.jar and *.war.