# To find files by case-insensitive extension (ex: .jpg, .JPG, .jpG): find . -iname "*.jpg" # To find directories: find . -type d # To find files: find . -type f # To find files by octal permission: find . -type f -perm 777 # To find files with setuid bit set: find . -xdev \( -perm -4000 \) -type f -print0 | xargs -0 ls -l # To find files with extension '.txt' and remove them: find ./path/ -name '*.txt' -exec rm '{}' \; # To find files with extension '.txt' and look for a string into them: find ./path/ -name '*.txt' | xargs grep 'string' # To find files with size bigger than 5 Mb and sort them by size: find ./ -size +5M -type f -print0 | xargs -0 ls -Ssh # To find files bigger thank 2 MB and list them: find / -type f -size +20000k -exec ls -lh {} \; | awk '{ print $9 ": " $5 }' # To find files modified more than 7 days ago and list file information find . -type f -mtime +7d -ls # To find symlinks owned by a user and list file information find . -type l --user=username -ls # To search for and delete empty directories find . -type d -empty -exec rmdir {} \; # To search for directories named build at a max depth of 2 directories find . -maxdepth 2 -name build -type d # To search all files who are not in .git directory find . ! -iwholename '*.git*' -type f