Basics for /bin/find

NOTE: Find is limited by file/directories permissions. It's possible to see error messages such as:

find: cannot read /root: Permission denied. while searching.

There are 2 ways to avoid seeing this message:

1. Execute the command as root
   
   
2. append 2> /dev/null to the end of the command to redirect standard error to /dev/null

• To search your home directory for files and directories last modified within the last 24 hours: find ~ -mtime 0
  
  ~ should represent your home directory, where ever that maybe.
  -mtime can have an optional + or - in front of the number
  0 represents days.
  
  
  
  
• To search your home directory for files/directories last modified within the last 365 days (or older)
  AND display the date for said file/directory: find ~ -mtime +365 -ls
  
  -ls lists (among other things) file permissions and the last modified date
  
  
  
  
• To search the entire server for only files named core, AND delete those files: find / -type f -name core -exec rm {} \;
  
  -type of 'f' means file; 'd' means directory
  -exec requires a command to execute followed by a {} \;
  
  
  
  
• To search the entire server for only directories that contain the name ssh: find / -type d -name ssh\*
  
  
  
  
• To search for a common word (red) through out all .html files and display each filename as it's found: find / -type f -name \*.htm\* -exec grep -il red {} \;