find
Uses criteria to find files
find [directory-list] [expression]
The find utility selects files that are located in specified directory hierarchies and meet criteria specified in an expression.
Arguments
The directory-list specifies the directories that find is to search. When find searches a directory, it searches all subdirectories to all levels. When you do not specify a directory-list, find searches the working directory.
The expression contains criteria, as described in “Criteria,” following. The find utility tests each of the files in each of the directories in the directory-list to see whether it meets the criteria described by the expression. When you do not specify an expression, the expression defaults to -print.
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