Find and locate commands

Catalog

Find files or directories in detail ——find

Common search criteria

locate

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Find files or directories in detail ——find

Format ：find [ Find the range ] [ Look for conditional expressions ]

Be careful ： The search range must be in front of

advantage ：

1. Default recursive query

2. It is true to go to the hard disk one by one to find a file for you （ real time ）

3. There are many search conditions

4. Accurate search

shortcoming ： Search slow

Common search criteria

1. Press search file name to find -name

 

2. Find files by file size -size k M G

 

Be careful ： The file size without plus or minus sign is a certain range , The more accurate the unit, the better

1023k-1024k

  

1 byte -1MB

The formula ： The previous number minus 1

3. Search by file owner Belong to ： The owner of the document -user

 

4. Find by file type -type f （ Ordinary documents ） d（ Catalog ） c（ Character file ） b（ Block device ）

 

5. according to indoe No. search -inum Know first indoe Number

6. Find files at the directory level -maxdepth level -mindepth level

 

7. Days to find files -mtime

Search conditions can be superimposed , You can also add processing actions

１. print The output screen lets you see （ Default ）

２. ls Show details

３. delete Delete directly

４. ok Connector Will ask

５. exec Connector Don't ask

eg：

 

-ok Handling actions Connect Front and back commands Will ask if you want to deal with it like this

mv {} Pronoun front find Files found /mnt Move to the directory \; Fixed format

-exec Don't ask

locate

Quick search , But not in real time , Generally do not use .