find – linux command cheat sheet
Thursday, January 12, 2012 12:07 AM 0 Comments

Basic Syntax for Find command :

find (name/size/type/access or modified date) ..argument ..argument

Search for file ending .conf
find /etc/ -name *.conf

Search for directories ending with *conf
find /etc/ -type d -name *conf

Search for files ending with .doc and accessed in last 24 hours(or 1 day)
find /home/xyzuser/ -name *.doc -atime -1

Find files modified by minutes
Syntax : find /path/ -mmin

Find files 10 minutes ago
find /etc/ -mmin -10

Find files more then 10 minutes ago
find /etc/ -mmin +10

Find files modified between 10 to 20 minutes ago
find /etc/ -mmin +10 -mmin -20

Find files modified in past 2 days(48 hours)
find /etc/ -mtime -2

Search for files owned by xyz user
find /etc/ -type f -user xyz

Search for directories and change permission to 755
find /home/xyz.com/public_html/ -type d -exec chmod -v 755 {} \;

These are find command example used by every admin most frequently.

Kittinan