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-user user_name: files that are owned by user user_name | -user user_name: files that are owned by user user_name | ||
-xdev: skips networked or mounted filesystems | -xdev: skips networked or mounted filesystems | ||
Use option -print 2>/dev/null to skip find error messages | |||
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Revision as of 01:58, 28 July 2016
The find command is used to locate files within a given directory that contains several characteristics you desire.
Usage: find [symbolic link option] <list of paths to search> [find options]
The symbolic link options are as follows: -P: Do not follow symbolic links. This is the default option. (Remember P for Prohibited from following symlinks) -L: Always follow symbolic links. This will cause the find command to examine whatever the symlink points to. (L for Loves to follow symlinks) -H: Only follows if symlink is in the list of paths to search (H for
find options
-size [n]<mkg>: using n units of space in conjunction with a + or - and unit type, can search for files of certain size -user user_name: files that are owned by user user_name -xdev: skips networked or mounted filesystems
Use option -print 2>/dev/null to skip find error messages