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The <code>'''find'''</code> program is a [[directory (file systems)|directory]] [[search utility]] 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</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|regex]] matching.

The <code>find</code> program is no longer preferred for searching for files by name in the entire filesystem. Instead, the <code>[[GNU_locate|locate]]</code> programs, which use a database of indexed files (obtained through <code>find</code>), are more efficient.

== Find syntax ==
A single white space is needed to divide syntax elements when writing a find command. Otherwise, some usage error will come up.

==Examples==

[[Link title]]===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. In newer versions of the program, the directory may be omitted, and it will imply the current directory.⏎
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===Files only===
 find . -name "my*" -type f
This limits the results of the above search to only regular files, therefore excluding directories, special files, pipes, symbolic links, etc. ''my*'' is enclosed in quotes as otherwise the shell would replace it with the list of  files in the current directory starting with ''my''...

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