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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 [[tree (computing)|trees]] 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(contracted; show full)===Search for all files owned by a user===

 find . -user <userid>

==See also==

* [[searchmonkey]], an alternative search tool using the [[Gtk]] front-end
* 
locate[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNU_[[GNU_locate|locate]], a Unix search tool based on a prebuilt database therefore faster than find

==External links==
* [http://www.gnu.org/software/findutils/ GNU Findutils] - Comes with the [[xargs]] and [[GNU locate|locate]] commands.
* [http://www.gnu.org/software/findutils/manual/html_mono/find.html Official webpage for GNU find]
* [http://www.linuxmanpages.com/man1/find.1.php Linux find(1)] [[manpage]]
* [http://unixhelp.ed.ac.uk/CGI/man-cgi?find Unix man page]

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