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{{See Wiktionary|a computer utility}}
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The <code>'''find'''</code> program is a [[directory (file systems)|directory]] [[search utility]], mostly found on [[Unix-like]] platforms. It searches through one or more [[directory (file systems)|directory]] [[tree (computing)|tree(s)]] of a [[filesystem]], locating [[Computer file|file]]s based on some user-specified criteria. By default, <code>find</code> returns all files below the current [[working directory]]. Further, <code>find</code> allows the user to specify an action to be taken on each matched file. Thus, it is an extremely powerful program for applying actions to many files. It also supports [[Regular expression|regexp]] matching.
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==Examples==
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===From current directory===
 find . -name 'my*'
This searches in the current directory (represented by a period) and below it, for files and directories with names starting with ''my''. The quotes avoid the [[shell (computing)|shell]] expansion - without them the shell would replace ''my*'' with the list of files whose names begin with ''my'' in the current directory.

===Files only===
 find . -name "my*" -type f
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