FIND(1)

NAME
find - find files meeting a given condition

SYNOPSIS
find directory expression

EXAMPLES

DESCRIPTION

Find descends the file tree starting at the given directory checking each file in that directory and its subdirectories against a predicate. If the predicate is true, an action is taken. The predicates may be connected by -a (Boolean and), -o (Boolean or) and ! (Boolean negation). Each predicate is true under the conditions specified below. The integer n may also be +n to mean any value greater than n, -n to mean any value less than n, or just n for exactly n.

	-name s	true if current filename is s (include shell wild cards)
	-size n	true if file size is n blocks
	-inum n	true if the current file's i-node number is n
	-mtime n	true if modification time relative to today (in days) is n
	-links n	true if the number of links to the file is n
	-newer f	true if the file is newer than f
	-perm n	true if the file's permission bits = n (n is in octal)
	-user u	true if the uid = u (a numerical value, not a login name)
	-group g	true if the gid = g (a numerical value, not a group name)
	-type x	where x is bcdfug (block, char, dir, regular file, setuid, setgid)
	-xdev	do not cross devices to search mounted file systems

Following the expression can be one of the following, telling what to do when a file is found:

	-print	print the file name on standard output
	-exec	execute a MINIX command, {} stands for the file name
	-ok	prompts before executing the command

SEE ALSO
test(1), xargs(1).