Find command in Linux
Examples
find /path/to/search -name *.txt
Find text files in a specific directory
find /path/to/search -name *.txt | grep -v .tmp
Find text files in a specific directory also exclude temp files
find . -name test -type d
In the current directory find directory named test
find . -name test -type f
In the current directory find file named test
find . -type f -name test -exec rm {} +
In the current directory find file(s) named test and remove it
find /Documents/ -type f -exec chmod 600 {} +
In /Documents find files and change permissions for each file to 600
find /Documents/ -type d -exec chmod 700 {} +
In /Documents find directories and change permissions for each file to 700 to they can be entered into
sudo find /var/log -type f -name *.log -exec truncate -s 0 {} +
As root find log files under /var/log and truncate them to 0
find . -name *.mp3
Find MP3 files in current directory