How does the Linux system search for files within a folder?

2 years ago
Noah Thompson
1 minute

In Linux systems, the find command can be used to search for files. Its basic syntax is as follows:

find <路径> <搜索条件>

The specifies the folder to be searched, and specifies the file name, file type, file size, and other conditions to be searched for.

Here are some common search examples:

  1. Search for files that contain specific keywords in the file name.
find /path/to/folder -name "keyword"

This command will search for files with the keyword in their name within the /path/to/folder directory.

  1. Search for specific types of files.
find /path/to/folder -type f

This command will search for all regular files in the /path/to/folder directory.

  1. Search by file size:
find /path/to/folder -size +10M

This command will search for files larger than 10MB in the /path/to/folder directory.

The examples above are just basic, the find command has many other options for more complex searches. You can learn more detailed information by entering the “man find” command in the terminal.

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