Linux 'find' Cheatsheet

A quick reference for the powerful 'find' command in Linux.

Basic Find

Command	Description
`find . -name "myfile.txt"`	Find files named 'myfile.txt' in the current directory and subdirectories.
`find /home -name "*.log"`	Find all files ending with '.log' in the /home directory.
`find . -iname "myfile.txt"`	Case-insensitive search for file names.

Find and Execute

Command	Description
`find . -name "*.tmp" -exec rm {} \;`	Find all .tmp files and execute the 'rm' command on them.
`find . -type f -name "*.sh" -exec chmod +x {} \;`	Find all .sh files and make them executable.

Find by Size

Command	Description
`find . -size +100M`	Find files larger than 100 Megabytes.
`find . -size -10k`	Find files smaller than 10 Kilobytes.
`find . -size 0 -delete`	Find and delete empty files.

Find by Time

Command	Description
`find . -mtime -7`	Find files modified in the last 7 days.
`find . -mtime +7`	Find files modified more than 7 days ago.
`find . -cmin -60`	Find files whose status was changed in the last 60 minutes.

Find by Type

Command	Description
`find . -type d -name "mydir"`	Find directories named 'mydir'.
`find . -type f -name "*.conf"`	Find files (not directories) ending with '.conf'.