How to use the find command in linux

How to use the find command in linux? In view of this problem, this article introduces the corresponding analysis and answers in detail, hoping to help more partners who want to solve this problem to find a more simple and feasible way.

The format of the find command under linux: [find [find directory] [search rule]]. We can find files by file name, such as [find / etc-name "* .conf"], which means to find files in the etc directory that end with [.conf].

Find command

The format of the find command:

Find [specify lookup directory] [lookup rules] [action to be executed after lookup]

Note: directories should be separated by spaces.

Find rules:

(1) search based on file name

#-name / / search by file name (exact search) #-iname / / search by file name, but not case-sensitive

This is using find to find files that end in [.conf] in the etc directory.

Another example is to use find to find files in the etc directory that begin with c or d and end with f.

Find / etc-uname [CMO d] * f

(2) find the file according to the user and group to which the file belongs

#-user / / find the file according to the owner #-group / / find the file according to the group

(3) find users according to uid and gid

# find / tmp-uid 500 find / find uid is 500 file # find / tmp-gid 500 find / find gid is 1000 this is the answer to the question about how to use the find command in linux. I hope the above content can be of some help to everyone, if you still have a lot of doubts to solve, you can follow the industry information channel for more related knowledge.