List all files in current and sub directories

$ find
.
./test3
./testdir
./testdir/test
./testdir/test1
./test2
./test
./test1

Search specific directory or path

find all

$ find ./testdir
./testdir
./testdir/test
./testdir/test1

find by name

$ find ./testdir -name "test0*"
./testdir/test03
./testdir/test02
./testdir/test01

find ignore the case

$ find ./testdir -iname "test0*"
./testdir/TEST03
./testdir/test03
./testdir/test02
./testdir/test01

Limit depth of directory traversal

$ find . -maxdepth 1 -name "test"
./test
$ find . -maxdepth 2 -name "test"
./testdir/test
./test

Invert match

$ find . -not -name "test0*"
.
./test3
./testdir
./testdir/TEST03
./testdir/test
./testdir/test1
./test2
./test
./test1

Combine multiple search criterias

specifying name and inverting

$ find . -iname "test0*"
./testdir/TEST03
./testdir/test03
./testdir/test02
./testdir/test01
$ find . -iname "test0*" ! -name "TEST*"
./testdir/test03
./testdir/test02
./testdir/test01

OR operator

$ find . -name "test0*"
./testdir/test03
./testdir/test02
./testdir/test01
$ find . -name "test0*" -o -name "TEST*"
./testdir/TEST03
./testdir/test03
./testdir/test02
./testdir/test01

Search only files or only directories

$ find . -name "test*" -type f
./test3
./testdir/test03
./testdir/test
./testdir/test02
./testdir/test01
./testdir/test1
./test2
./test
./test1
$ find . -name "test*" -type d
./testdir

Search multiple directories together

$ find ./ ../ -name test
./testdir/test
./test
../deviceinfo/testdir/test
../deviceinfo/test
../docker/test

Find hidden files

$ find ~ -type f -name ".*"

Find files with certain permissions

$ find . -type f -perm 0664
$ find . -type f ! -perm 0777

Find files with sgid/suid bits set

Find readonly files

Find executable files

Find files belonging to particular user

Search files belonging to group

Find files modified N days back

Find files accessed in last N days

Find files modified in a range of days

Find files changed in last N minutes

Files modified in last hour

Find Accessed Files in Last 1 Hour

Find files of given size

Find files in a size range

Find largest and smallest files

Find empty files and directories

List out the found files

Delete all matching files or directories

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