Find command

Find command

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find $ARCH -name "*.arc" -mtime +1 -exec ll {} \;

Specify selection of the files based on three Unix timestamps: the last time a files's "access time", "file status" and "modification time".

n is time interval -- an integer with optional sign. It is measured in 24-hour periods (days) or minutes counted from the current moment.

n: If the integer n does not have sign this means exactly n 24-hour periods (days) ago, 0 means today.

+n: if it has plus sing, then it means "more then n 24-hour periods (days) ago", or older then n,

-n: if it has the minus sign, then it means less than n 24-hour periods (days) ago (-n), or younger then n. It's evident that -1, and 0 are the same and both means "today".

How to find a "word" or pattern in all files in a directory & subdirectories

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find . -name "*" -exec grep -l "<pattern>" {} \;

for example I want to search for word belwo

find . -name "*.log" -exec grep -l "bytes exceeds the configured maximum of" {} \;

This command will also say where the entry is there for the pattern

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find . -type f -print | xargs grep "<pattern>"

Find and grep command together

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find . -xdev -mtime -3 -exec ll -ltr {} \; | grep -i "<date>"

find . -xdev -mtime -3 -exec ll -ltr {} \; | grep -i "Oct 23"

Find and AWK command together

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find /abprod/appl/XXAB/11.5.0 -type f -mtime -7 -exec ls -ltr {} \; | awk '{ print $6 " " $7 " " $8 " " $9 }'

To find files modified in the last 40mins

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find . -mmin -40

Find and replace a character in all files under directory

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find ./ -type f -exec sed -i -e 's/apple/orange/g' {} \;

http://www.thegeekstuff.com/2009/06/15-practical-unix-linux-find-command-examples-part-2/

Find a directory

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find . -type d -name "OracleBIPresentationServicesComponent" -ls