File Find command
1.locate:
Non-real-time, fuzzy matching, lookup is performed according to the system-wide file database;
# updatedb, Manually generated file database (fast)
2. find: Find PathFinder standard look to a future process of operation
Real-time, accurate, supports many search criteria, traversing all the files in the specified directory lookup completed, slow;
Search Path: The default search criteria to the current path: The default for all files under the specified path
Processing of operation: The default display
Matching Criteria:
-name 'FILENAME': File masterpieces exact match
File name wildcard
*:Any character of any length
?:Any single character
[]:Character any single character column
-iname 'FILENAME': File name matching is case-insensitive
-regex PATTERN: The file name matching based on regular expressions
-user USERNAME: According to the owner to find
-group GROUPNAME: Find based on group
-uid UID: Find based on UID
-gid GID: Find based on GID
-nouser: Finding no owner of the file
-nogroup: Finding no group file
-type(file type)
f: General files
d
c
b
l
p
s
-size
[+|-]#k
#M
#G
eg. # find ./ -size +1k
Combination of conditions:
-a and
-o or
-not non-
eg. # find ./ -type d -a -name '*.txt'
-mtime
-ctime
-atime
[+|-]#
eg. # find ./ -atime +1
-mmin
-cmin
-amin
[+|-]#
-perm MODE: Exact Match
/MODE:Match any one condition
-MODE: To display the file permissions to fully contain this mode
Operating:
-print: display
-ls:ls -l similar form displays detailed information about each file
-ok COMMAND {} \; Each operation requires the user to confirm
-exec COMMAND {} \; -ok different and does not require confirmation
eg. # find ./ -perm -006 -exec chmod o-w {} \;
# find ./ -name a -ok mv {} {}.new \;