Recursive Folder Traversal in Shell

In Shell, the find command can be used to recursively traverse folders. Here is a simple example:

find /path/to/directory -type f

This command will recursively traverse the /path/to/directory folder and all of its subfolders, listing all files. If you only want to list directories excluding files, you can use the -type d parameter.

find /path/to/directory -type d

You can also add other parameters in the find command to further filter files or directories, such as filtering by filename.

find /path/to/directory -type f -name "*.txt"

This command will only list files with the .txt extension. You can also use the -exec parameter to perform actions on the files found, such as deleting all .txt files.

find /path/to/directory -type f -name "*.txt" -exec rm {} \;

Be cautious when using the find command, make sure you know what you’re doing to avoid accidentally deleting important files.