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Bigfoot65 at 13:14, 5 September 2009

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Bigfoot65 at 13:11, 5 September 2009

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Bigfoot65 at 13:10, 5 September 2009

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Bigfoot65 at 13:08, 5 September 2009

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Bigfoot65 at 13:08, 5 September 2009

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Bigfoot65: New page: Find empty directories: find /path -depth -type d -empty Find empty files: find /path -depth -type f -empty Find a file with a specific name: find /path -name ...

2009-09-05T13:07:33Z

New page: Find empty directories: find /path -depth -type d -empty Find empty files: find /path -depth -type f -empty Find a file with a specific name: find /path -name ...

New page

Find empty directories:

find /path -depth -type d -empty

Find empty files:

find /path -depth -type f -empty

Find a file with a specific name:

find /path -name name_of_file

Find a files with specific extensions:

find /path -name "*.given_extension"

Find files with specific permissions which have a ".txt. file extension:

find /path -name '*.txt' -perm 644

Find files with some given permissions:

find /path -perm -permision_bits

Find files with a given name and any extension:

find /path -name 'given_name.*'

Find files modified in the latest blocks of 24 hours:

find /path -mtime n

Where n is:
* 0 for the last 24 hours
* 1 for the last 48 hours
* 2 for the last 72 hours

Find files that were accessed in the latest blocks of 24 hours:

find -atime n

Where n is:
* 0 for the last 24 hours
* 1 for the last 48 hours
* 2 for the last 72 hours

Find files according to owner:

find /path -user root

One can also pipe find commands to the xargs command to execute commands on files.

Find and delete files:

find /path -name mytestfile | xargs rm

NOTE: See man find and man xargs for more information about these powerful commands. You can also use the phpMan Amahi one-click app.

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−	<b>NOTE:</b> See man find and man xargs for more information about these powerful commands. Recommend you try the phpMan Amahi one-click app.	+	<b>NOTE:</b> See man find and man xargs for more information about these powerful commands. Recommend you try the [http://www.amahi.org/apps/phpman phpMan] Amahi one-click app.

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	find /path -name mytestfile \| xargs rm		find /path -name mytestfile \| xargs rm

−	<b>NOTE:</b> See man find and man xargs for more information about these powerful commands. ~~You can also use~~ the phpMan Amahi one-click app.	+	<b>NOTE:</b> See man find and man xargs for more information about these powerful commands. Recommend you try the phpMan Amahi one-click app.