find (stuff quickly) Unix (OS) Command/R&d22112011

find (stuff quickly)

• Syntax: find path expression

• Searches recursively through all subfolders

                   $ find /path/ name  ”file.txt” 

                   $ find . type  f \( iname "*.sh" or \ iname "*.pl" \)

• -iname for case insensitive search

•  -type f finds only files and -type d only folders

• Example: find files ending with either 'sh' or 'pl':

•  Use a \ to continue a long line