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| ====== Find Stuff in Linux ====== | ====== Find Stuff in Linux ====== | ||
| - | There are three basic commands to find stuff in Linux: | + | There are four basic commands to find stuff in Linux: |
| - whereis | - whereis | ||
| - which | - which | ||
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| - find | - find | ||
| - | ====== whereis | + | ===== whereis ===== |
| Searches for binary files, source files, and man pages for the specified command names. Switches: | Searches for binary files, source files, and man pages for the specified command names. Switches: | ||
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| - | ====== which ====== | + | ===== which ===== |
| Returns the path to the executable indicated. | Returns the path to the executable indicated. | ||
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| ---- | ---- | ||
| - | ====== locate | + | ===== locate ===== |
| Fast way to search for files by name on your disk. | Fast way to search for files by name on your disk. | ||
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| ---- | ---- | ||
| - | ====== find ====== | + | ===== find ===== |
| - | ===== Basic Syntax | + | ==== Basic Syntax ==== |
| < | < | ||
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| ---- | ---- | ||
| - | |||
| ==== Expressions ==== | ==== Expressions ==== | ||
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| ^ Type ^ Description | ^ Type ^ Description | ||
| - | | | + | | |
| - | | c | character (buffered) special | + | |
| | d | directory | | | d | directory | | ||
| + | | l | symbolic link | | ||
| + | | c | character device | | ||
| + | | b | block device | | ||
| | p | named pipe (FIFO) | | | p | named pipe (FIFO) | | ||
| - | | f | regular file | | ||
| | s | socket | | | s | socket | | ||
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| find . -type f -perm -220 | find . -type f -perm -220 | ||
| # find files writeable by BOTH owner AND group (but no one else) | # find files writeable by BOTH owner AND group (but no one else) | ||
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| + | find / -perm /4000 -type f -exec ls -ld {} \; 2>/ | ||
| + | # This will find files with the SUID bit set. | ||
| + | # -l long listing format | ||
| + | # -d list directory names, not contents | ||
| </ | </ | ||
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| </ | </ | ||
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