Find Command

Find is the utility used in linux systems to find the files on the linux env easily in no time , The basic commands for find command is as follows :

1. Find files in the current directoy with name :

find . -type f -name <filename>    

1. Find files in full filesystem or disk :

find / -type f -name <filename>

3 . Searching directory in the current path :

find . -type d -name <folder_name>
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find / -type d -name <folder name>

1. Searching files or directory owned by user of group

find . -type f -user <useername> -group <group> -name <file OR folder name>

1. Filtering the results & errors from the find output

find . -type f  -user root -group root -name file.txt 2>/dev/null

1. Find the files based on the permissions given on it :

find / -type f -name file.txt -user root -group root -perm 444 2>/dev/null