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OPTIONS
| -amin min | Finds files that were accessed: | |
| +m | more than m minutes ago. | |
| m | exactly m minutes ago. | |
| -m | less than m minutes ago. | |
| -anewer file | Finds files that were accessed after they were modified. | |
| -atime days | Finds files that were accessed: | |
| +d | more than d days ago. | |
| d | exactly d days ago. | |
| -d | less than d days ago. | |
| -cmin min | Finds files that were changed: | |
| +m | more than m minutes ago. | |
| m | exactly m minutes ago. | |
| -m | less than m minutes ago. | |
| -cnewer file | Finds files that were changed after they were modified. | |
| -ctime days | Finds files that were changed: | |
| +d | more than d days ago. | |
| d | exactly d days ago. | |
| -d | less than d days ago. | |
| -daystart | Assumes that times are calculated from the beginning of the day, not from now. | |
| -empty | Continues the search even if a file is empty. | |
| -exec command {}\; | Runs the Linux command after a file is found. | |
| -false | Returns a false value if a match is made. | |
| -follow | Follows symbolic links and the associated directories. | |
| -fstype type | Finds files stored on specific filesystem type: ufs, 4.2, 4.3, nfs, tmp, mfs, S51K, and S52K. | |
| -gid num | Finds files belonging to a specific group num. | |
| -group group | Finds files belonging to a specific group, which can be an ID or a name. | |
| -ilname file | Searches for symbolic links pointing to file, which can include metacharacters and wildcards. The case doesn’t matter. | |
| -iname file | Finds a file named file. The case doesn’t matter. | |
| -inum num | Finds files with a specific inode number of num. | |
| -ipath name | Finds files that match name, which is an abolute pathname. The case doesn’t matter. | |
| -links num | Finds files with num number of links. | |
| -lname file | Searches for symbolic links pointing to file, which can include metacharacters and wildcards. The case must match. | |
| -maxdepth num | Stops search after descending num levels of directories. | |
| -mindepth num | Begins search at num levels of directories and lower. | |
| -mmin min | Finds files that were modified: | |
| +m | more than m minutes ago. | |
| m | exactly m minutes ago. | |
| -m | less than m minutes ago. | |
| -mtime days | Finds files that were modified: | |
| +d | more than d days ago. | |
| d | exactly d days ago. | |
| -d | less than d days ago. | |
| -name file | Finds a file named file. The case must match. | |
| -newer file | Finds files that have been modified more recently than file. | |
| -nogroup | Finds files whose group owner isn’t listed in /etc/group. | |
| -nouser | Finds files whose owner isn’t listed in /etc/passwd. | |
| -ok command {}\; | Runs the Linux command after a file is found, verifiying that you do indeed want to run the command. | |
| -path name | Finds files that match name, which is an absolute pathname. The case matters. | |
| -perm nnn | Finds files that have permissions matching specified file permissions (such as rwx). | |
| -size num[c] | Finds a file containing num blocks or num character if c is added. | |
| -type t | Returns names of file whose type is t, which can be b (block special file), c (character special file), d (directory), f (plain file), l (symbolic link), p (pipe), or s (socket). | |
| -user user | Finds files belonging to specified user. | |
EXAMPLES
$ find / -ctime -2
This finds all the files on the entire filesystem that have been changed less than two days ago.
$ find $HOME
This lists all the files and directories in your home directory.
funzip......Filtered Unzip
funzip password input_file
PURPOSE
The funzip command is a filter for extracting from a ZIP archive in a pipe.
RELATED COMMANDS
getfilename......Get Filename
getfilename format-name filename
PURPOSE
The getfilename command asks a user to name a file in a given format. It’s not useful on its own but becomes useful when combined with a mailcap-oriented program, such as mailto.
RELATED COMMANDS
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