Linux Tips

One of the most useful utilities in the UNIX systems resources directory is the find command. System administrators use this powerful utility frequently. Here are a few common tasks performed by the ubiquitous find command. I'll add more as time goes on. # cd /export/home/esofthub Find a file or directory # find . -name TEMP -print or # find . -name TEMP -exec echo {} \; Find core files in this directory tree and remove them # find . -name "core" -exec rm -f {} \; Find junk directories and remove their contents recursively # find . -name "junk" -exec rm -rf {} \; Find files not starting with "junk" OR not ending with "log" # find . ! \( -name "junk*" -o -name "*log" \) -print Find a pattern in a file using the recursive grep (ignore case) # find . -type f | xargs grep -i  MYPATTERN # find . -name '*.sh' -exec grep -i  MYPATTERN  {} \; Find files modified in the past 7 days # find . -mtime -7 -type f Find files owne...