5 FAQ tagged "find-command"
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I’ve just started to use Sun Solaris UNIX in our Labs. I’d like to know more about finding files from from the shell prompt. How do I find a file under UNIX?
- Find and Delete File If It Is More Than One Hour Old in UNIX Shell :
How do I find out if a file is more than one hour old in a UNIX shell and take action on all matching file such as delete or move files.
- Restore Selected Files From Secondary Backup Hard Disk :
Q. I’ve backup created using rsync command stored at /disk2/home/tom/ directory. Accidentally, I had deleted files from /home/tom directory. I’d like to restore all file names starting with alpha numeric characters from /disk2/home/tom/ to /home/tom. How do I restore selected files in a batch mode?
- Linux / UNIX find files with symbolic links :
Q. How do I find file with symbolic links. Find command is not working for me. So how do I find files across symbolic links under CentOS 5.0?
A. Find command search for files in a directory hierarchy. You need to tell find command to follow symbolic links. When find examines or prints information about files, [...] - How do I search my Linux / UNIX server for a file? :
Q. How do I search Linux box for a file?
A. You need to use find command, which search for files in a directory hierarchy (file system) and prints information about the files it found. It is run like as follows:
find {dir-name} -name {file-name}
Find command examples
Find out file called foo.txt:
# find / -name foo.txt
Find out [...]
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