The Find Command

Introduction

Let's learn about the find command and how to use it with different arguments so that we can find files and directories that match various criteria. In this lesson we'll learn the following commands and arguments:

• find
• find .
• -type d
• -type f
• -name
• *
• -mmin
• -atime
• -empty
• -perm
• -exec
• -maxdepth

Exercises

Go to Command Line Crash Course and work through Exercises 12, 13, and 15. These exercises will supplement what we've learned so far by added the less, cat, and exit commands to your command line repertoire.

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