The find command is one of the great utilities in the Unix/Linux command-line toolbox. It is useful both at the command line and in shell scripts. Like cat and ls, find has many features, and most people do not use it to its fullest. This recipe deals with some common ways to utilize find to locate files.
Finding files and file listing
Getting ready
The find command uses the following strategy: Â find descends through a hierarchy of files, matches files that meet the specified criteria, and performs some actions. The default action is to print the names of files and folders, which can be specified with the -print option.
