====== find ======

  * [[findutils]]
  * [[xargs]]

== Find only files ==

<code>
find /dir -type f
</code>

== Find only directories ==

<code>
find /dir -type d
</code>

== Match expression ==

<code>
find /dir -name '*test*'
</code>

== Find files matching an extension ==

<code>
find /dir -name '*php'
</code>

== Find files not matching a rule ==

<code>
find /dir -! -name '*txt'
</code>

== Find files less than a day old ==

<code>
find /dir -mtime -1
</code>

== sort the results even with print0 ==

<code>
find /var/nas/sites -type d -maxdepth 1 -print0 | sort -z | xargs -0 -I {} echo {}
</code>

== find directories but ignore dot directories ==

<code>
find /var/nas/sites -mindepth 1 -maxdepth 1 -! -name '.*' -print
</code>

== find files and run 'ls' on them ==

<code>
find . -type f -ls
</code>

== find empty files ==

<code>
find . -type f -empty
</code>