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Bacchas: /* Find Files by Size */

2021-06-18T17:16:48Z

Find Files by Size

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 '''In this example, the -xdev option prevents any mounted file systems, besides the root file system, from being searched. This is a good way to keep the find command from searching the /proc directory and any remotely mounted file systems, as well as other locally mounted file systems.'''
-===Using Other Commands to Find Files===
+===In this example we will use find command to search for files greater than 10MB but smaller than 20MB:===
 '''Other commands for finding files include the whereis and which commands. Here are some examples of those commands:'''

Bacchas: /* Find Files by Size */

2021-06-18T17:13:00Z

Find Files by Size

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	find / -xdev -size +10M -print \| xargs ls -lS > /tmp/bigfiles.txt		find / -xdev -size +10M -print \| xargs ls -lS > /tmp/bigfiles.txt

	In this example, the -xdev option prevents any mounted file systems, besides the root file system, from being searched. This is a good way to keep the find command from searching the /proc directory and any remotely mounted file systems, as well as other locally mounted file systems.		'''In this example, the -xdev option prevents any mounted file systems, besides the root file system, from being searched. This is a good way to keep the find command from searching the /proc directory and any remotely mounted file systems, as well as other locally mounted file systems.'''
	~~Using Other Commands to Find Files~~

	Other ~~commands for finding files include the whereis and which commands. Here are some examples of those commands:~~		===Using Other Commands to Find Files===

	$ whereis man		'''Other commands for finding files include the whereis and which commands. Here are some examples of those commands:'''
	man: /usr/bin/man /usr/X11R6/bin/man /usr/bin/X11/man /usr/local/man
	/usr/share/man /usr/share/man/man1/man.1.gz /usr/share/man/man7/man.7.gz		whereis man
	$ which ls		man: /usr/bin/man /usr/X11R6/bin/man /usr/bin/X11/man /usr/local/man
	/bin/ls		/usr/share/man /usr/share/man/man1/man.1.gz /usr/share/man/man7/man.7.gz
			which ls
			/bin/ls

	The whereis command is useful because it not only finds commands, it also finds man pages and configuration files associated with a command. From the example of whereis for the word man, you can see the man executable, its configuration file, and the location of man pages for the man command. The which example shows where the ls executable is (/bin/ls). The which command is useful when you're looking for the actual location of an executable file in your PATH, as in this example:		The whereis command is useful because it not only finds commands, it also finds man pages and configuration files associated with a command. From the example of whereis for the word man, you can see the man executable, its configuration file, and the location of man pages for the man command. The which example shows where the ls executable is (/bin/ls). The which command is useful when you're looking for the actual location of an executable file in your PATH, as in this example:


	~~</pre>~~

Bacchas: /* Find Files by Size */

2021-06-18T17:11:24Z

Find Files by Size

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	* M - Megabytes		* M - Megabytes
	* G - Gigabytes		* G - Gigabytes
	~~<pre>~~
	Finding files by size is a great way to determine what is filling up your hard disks. The following command line finds all files that are greater than 10 MB (+10M), lists those files from largest to smallest (ls -lS) and directs that list to a file (/tmp/bigfiles.txt):

	$ find / -xdev -size +10M -print \| xargs ls -lS > /tmp/bigfiles.txt		'''Finding files by size is a great way to determine what is filling up your hard disks. The following command line finds all files that are greater than 10 MB (+10M), lists those files from largest to smallest (ls -lS) and directs that list to a file (/tmp/bigfiles.txt):'''

			find / -xdev -size +10M -print \| xargs ls -lS > /tmp/bigfiles.txt

	In this example, the -xdev option prevents any mounted file systems, besides the root file system, from being searched. This is a good way to keep the find command from searching the /proc directory and any remotely mounted file systems, as well as other locally mounted file systems.		In this example, the -xdev option prevents any mounted file systems, besides the root file system, from being searched. This is a good way to keep the find command from searching the /proc directory and any remotely mounted file systems, as well as other locally mounted file systems.

Bacchas: /* Find Files by Size */

2021-06-18T17:05:17Z

Find Files by Size

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	</pre>		</pre>
	== Find Files by Size ==		== Find Files by Size ==
			* b - 512-byte blocks (this is the default if no suffix is used)
			* c - bytes
			* w - two-byte words
			* k - Kilobytes
			* M - Megabytes
			* G - Gigabytes
	<pre>		<pre>
	Finding files by size is a great way to determine what is filling up your hard disks. The following command line finds all files that are greater than 10 MB (+10M), lists those files from largest to smallest (ls -lS) and directs that list to a file (/tmp/bigfiles.txt):		Finding files by size is a great way to determine what is filling up your hard disks. The following command line finds all files that are greater than 10 MB (+10M), lists those files from largest to smallest (ls -lS) and directs that list to a file (/tmp/bigfiles.txt):

Bacchas at 16:59, 18 June 2021

2021-06-18T16:59:13Z

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	-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 3056 2007-03-07 15:44 /sbin/acpi_available		-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 3056 2007-03-07 15:44 /sbin/acpi_available
	-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 43204 2007-02-18 20:18 /sbin/alsactl		-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 43204 2007-02-18 20:18 /sbin/alsactl
			</pre>
	== Find Files by Size ==		== Find Files by Size ==
			<pre>
	Finding files by size is a great way to determine what is filling up your hard disks. The following command line finds all files that are greater than 10 MB (+10M), lists those files from largest to smallest (ls -lS) and directs that list to a file (/tmp/bigfiles.txt):		Finding files by size is a great way to determine what is filling up your hard disks. The following command line finds all files that are greater than 10 MB (+10M), lists those files from largest to smallest (ls -lS) and directs that list to a file (/tmp/bigfiles.txt):

Bacchas: /* Searching for Files Using Locate and Find */

2021-06-18T16:57:13Z

Searching for Files Using Locate and Find

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	-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 3056 2007-03-07 15:44 /sbin/acpi_available		-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 3056 2007-03-07 15:44 /sbin/acpi_available
	-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 43204 2007-02-18 20:18 /sbin/alsactl		-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 43204 2007-02-18 20:18 /sbin/alsactl
	=== Find Files by Size ===
			== Find Files by Size ==

	Finding files by size is a great way to determine what is filling up your hard disks. The following command line finds all files that are greater than 10 MB (+10M), lists those files from largest to smallest (ls -lS) and directs that list to a file (/tmp/bigfiles.txt):		Finding files by size is a great way to determine what is filling up your hard disks. The following command line finds all files that are greater than 10 MB (+10M), lists those files from largest to smallest (ls -lS) and directs that list to a file (/tmp/bigfiles.txt):

Bacchas: /* Searching for Files Using Locate and Find */

2021-06-18T16:55:38Z

Searching for Files Using Locate and Find

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	-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 3056 2007-03-07 15:44 /sbin/acpi_available		-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 3056 2007-03-07 15:44 /sbin/acpi_available
	-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 43204 2007-02-18 20:18 /sbin/alsactl		-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 43204 2007-02-18 20:18 /sbin/alsactl
			=== Find Files by Size ===
	Finding files by size is a great way to determine what is filling up your hard disks. The following command line finds all files that are greater than 10 MB (+10M), lists those files from largest to smallest (ls -lS) and directs that list to a file (/tmp/bigfiles.txt):		Finding files by size is a great way to determine what is filling up your hard disks. The following command line finds all files that are greater than 10 MB (+10M), lists those files from largest to smallest (ls -lS) and directs that list to a file (/tmp/bigfiles.txt):

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Bacchas at 21:38, 17 December 2019

2019-12-17T21:38:34Z

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	find -type f -print \| xargs chmod 644		find -type f -print \| xargs chmod 644
			==printf format specifiers==
			%s - files size in bytes
			%p Files name
			%n - number of hard links to file
			%P files name with the name of the starting point under which it was found removed
			%t files last modification time in the format returned by the ctime function
			%f file name
			% M files permission


	== Find Command ==		== Find Command ==

Bacchas: /* Find Command */

2016-09-01T22:16:26Z

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Bacchas: /* Set File And Directory Permissions using Find Command */

2016-09-01T22:14:07Z

Set File And Directory Permissions using Find Command

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	== Set File And Directory Permissions using Find Command ==		== Set File And Directory Permissions using Find Command ==
	~~<pre>~~
	This wll set all the directores to 755 and all the files to 644		This wll set all the directores to 755 and all the files to 644

	find -type d -print \| xargs chmod 755		find -type d -print \| xargs chmod 755

	~~find -type f -print \| xargs chmod 644~~
	~~</pre>~~

			find -type f -print \| xargs chmod 644

	== Find Command ==		== Find Command ==