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find [path...] [options] [expression]

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# Wildcard
find . -name "*.txt"
find . -name "2020*.csv"
find . -name "json_*"
# regex
#  TODO
# directory
find . -type d
# file
find . -type f
## Size
# Find all bigger than 10MB files, 查找大于10M的文件
find . -size +10M
# Find all smaller than 10MB files, 查找小于10M的文件
find . -size -10M
# Find Size between 100MB and 1GB, 查找大于100M且小于1G的文件
find . -size +100M -size -1G

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# Find files with multiple dirs
find /opt /usr /var -name foo.scala -type f
# Find files with .sh and .txt extensions
find . -type f \( -name "*.sh" -o -name "*.txt" \)

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# Find all files and modify the content const to let
# s表示substitute, 替换操作
# g表示global, 全局替换
find ./ -type f -exec sed -i 's/const/let/g' {} \;

# Find readable and writable files and modify the content old to new
find ./ -type f -readable -writable -exec sed -i "s/old/new/g" {} \;

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# Find and move it to a specific directory (/tmp/music)
# {} 表示find找到的每一个文件名(相当于PowerShell中的 $_)
find . -name '*.mp3' -exec mv {} /tmp/music \;

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# Merge all csv files in the download directory into merged.csv
find download -type f -iname '*.csv' | xargs cat > merged.csv
# Merge all sorted csv files in the download directory into merged.csv
find download -type f -iname '*.csv' | sort | xargs cat > merged.csv

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# Find all file names ending with .pdf, then remove them.
find -name \*.pdf | xargs rm
# The above, however, is better-written without xargs:
find -name \*.pdf -exec rm {} \+
# Although it's best to use find's own functionality, in this situation.
find -name \*.pdf -delete