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Q: I know I can use the
find
command at the command line to locate files, but how do I use it with other commands to perform a real-world task? What's the difference between the -exec
parameter and piping into xargs
?The
find
command is a standard utility on UNIX and Linux systems. It will recurse through directory structures and look for files that conform with the user's specified parameters. There are a number of different search operators that can be used together to achieve fine-grained file matching.In this tutorial, I'll explain how to use the
find
command with several common search operators and then I'll show you some examples of how to use the find
command in a pipeline.
Nice Article. Here are some more examples on find command
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