How to use find command under linux

The usage format of the find command under Linux: [find [find directory] [find rules]]. We can search for files by file name, such as [find /etc -name "*.conf"], which means finding files ending with [.conf] in the etc directory.

find command

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find command usage format :

find  [指定查找目录]    [查找规则]  [查找完后执行的action]

Note: Directories must be separated by spaces.

Search rules:

(1) Search based on the file name

#  -name    //根据文件名查找（精确查找）
#  -iname    //根据文件名查找，但是不区分大小写

##This is to use find to find the etc directory with [. conf] at the end of the file.

Another example, use find to find files starting with c or d and ending with f in the etc directory.

find /etc -uname [c,d]*f

(2) Find the file based on the user and group to which the file belongs

#  -user         //根据属主来查找文件
#  -group        //根据属组来查找文件

(3) Find the user based on uid and gid

#find  /tmp  -uid  500  //查找uid是500 的文件
#find  /tmp  -gid  500// 查找gid是1000的文件

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