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The <code>'''find'''</code> program is a [[directory (file systems)|directory]] [[search utility]], found on [[DOS]], [[Microsoft Windows|Windows]] and [[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 di(contracted; show full)
===Search for all files owned by a user===
 find . -user <userid>

==See also==
*[[GNU_locate|locate]], a Unix search tool based on a prebuilt database therefore faster than find
*[[List of Unix programs]]
*[[List of DOS commands]]
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*[[Find1234.com]]

==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.softpanorama.org/Tools/Find/find_mini_tutorial.shtml Softpanorama find tutorial]
*{{man|1|find||search for files in a directory hierarchy}}
*[http://www.enciclopedia.galeon.com/find.html Exercises "Find"]

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