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# Find Command Cheatsheet

## Find things by name

```
find /path/to/search -name filename
```

## Find things by name (case-insensitive)

```
find /path/to/search -iname filename
```

## Find only files by name

```
find /path/to/search -name filename -type f
```

must notice that " " quotes, you must use it if you want to use wildcards otherwise it will not find ,\
and also **f** in type stand for file

## Find only directories by name

```
find /path/to/search -name dirname -type d
```

## Find file with insecure permission

```
find / -writable -type d 2>/dev/null
```

## Find all symlinks

```
find /path/to/search -type l
```

## Find things by it's owner

```
find /path/to/search -user owner
```

## Find executable files

```
find /path/to/search -type f -executable
```

## Find SUID files

```
find /path/to/search -perm -4000
```

## Find things changed in the last 24 hours

```
find /path/to/search -ctime -1
```

## Find files bigger than X Size

```
find /path/to/search -size +<size>

$ find ~ -size +5000M
```