Scott at 18:28, 4 February 2011

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To find files under /home whose names start with ".x":
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find /home/ -name ".x*" -print
</pre>

To find <code>.xscreensaver</code> files under <code>/home</code> and read their mode lines:
<pre>
find /home -name ".xscreensaver" -exec grep mode {} \;
</pre>

To find all files under the <code>/bin</code> tree and apply <code>md5sum</code> to them:
<code>find /bin -type f -exec md5sum {} \;</code>

To find files that have been modified in the last 40 days:
<pre>
find . -mtime -40 -print
</pre>

To find files that have been modified more than 40 days ago:
<pre>
find . -mtime +40 -print
</pre>

To find files that have been modified in the last 40 days and then sort by date:
<pre>
find . -mtime -40 -print | xargs ls -ldt
</pre>

To remove P-files that are more than one day old:
<pre>
find /usr/g/mrraw -name P\* ! -mtime 1 -exec rm -f {} \;
</pre>

Find files owned by user 100 (useful after a user is deleted):
<pre>
find -user 100 -print
</pre>

Find root setuid/setgid binaries:
<pre>
find / -xdev -type f -perm +ug=s
</pre>

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Scott at 18:28, 4 February 2011