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Living in the Shell #10; find (File/Directory Search) (Part 2)
Finds files matching given criteria.
find /home/babak -name "*bash*" -ls11053679 4 -rw-r--r-- 1 babak babak 3772 Nov 25 12:45 /home/babak/.bashrc
11010465 28 -rw------- 1 babak babak 24763 Nov 16 12:26 /home/babak/.bash_history
find ~ -name '*.txt' -exec grep -q "hello" {} \; -print- Finds all
.txtfiles that contain word "hello" in their content. - The
-printoption is necessary to print file names. -
{}is the placeholder for the file path. -
\;indicates the end of the command string.
find ~ -name '*.zip' -not -exec zip -qT {} \; -print-
zip -qTquietly checks ZIP archive integrity. -
-notnegates the logical expression.
find . -type f -name '*.py' -not -path '*/venv/*' -not -path '*/__pycache__/*' -not -exec sh -c 'python3 -m autopep8 {} >/dev/null' \; -print-
autopep8applies Python PEP8 standard formatting. -
>/dev/nullavoids cluttered/unnecessary output. -
-not -path '*/venv/*'and-not -path '*/__pycache__/*'excludevenvand__pycache__directories.
find . -type f -name '*.js' -not -exec sh -c 'eslint --no-eslintrc {} >/dev/null' \; -print-
eslintis the ESLint CLI. -
--no-eslintrcis for safety, to eliminate the need for a.eslintrcfile.
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