TLDR Search

Enter a command. For example: tmux, ulimit, josm, cradle, iverilog.

find

Find files or directories under the given directory tree, recursively. More information: https://manned.org/find.

• Find files by extension:
   
  find {{root_path}} -name '{{*.ext}}'
   
• Find files matching multiple path/name patterns:
   
  find {{root_path}} -path '{{**/path/**/*.ext}}' -or -name '{{*pattern*}}'
   
• Find directories matching a given name, in case-insensitive mode:
   
  find {{root_path}} -type d -iname '{{*lib*}}'
   
• Find files matching a given pattern, excluding specific paths:
   
  find {{root_path}} -name '{{*.py}}' -not -path '{{*/site-packages/*}}'
   
• Find files matching a given size range:
   
  find {{root_path}} -size {{+500k}} -size {{-10M}}
   
• Run a command for each file (use {} within the command to access the filename):
   
  find {{root_path}} -name '{{*.ext}}' -exec {{wc -l {} }}\;
   
• Find files modified in the last 7 days and delete them:
   
  find {{root_path}} -daystart -mtime -{{7}} -delete
   
• Find empty (0 byte) files and delete them:
   
  find {{root_path}} -type {{f}} -empty -delete