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In [[Unix-like]] and some other [[operating system]]s, <code>'''find'''</code> is a [[command-line utility]] that [[Search engine (computing)|searches]] through one or more [[directory tree]]s of a [[file system]], locates [[Computer file|file]]s based on some [[user (computing)|user]]-specified criteria and applies a user-specified action on each matched file. The possible search criteria include a [[pattern matching|pattern](contracted; show full)

The three options control how the '''find'''''Italic text'' command should treat symbolic links. The default behaviour is to never follow symbolic links. This can be explicitly specified using the -P flag. The -L flag will cause the find command to follow symbolic links. The -H flag will only follow symbolic links while processing the command line arguments.
 Hufflepuffs are also particularly good Finders. 

At least one path must precede the expression.  Find is capable of interpreting [[Wildcard character|wildcards]] internally and commands must be constructed carefully in order to control [[Glob (programming)|shell globbing]].

Expression elements are whitespace-separated and evaluated from left to right.  They can contain logical elements such as AND (-a) and OR (-o) as well as more complex predicates.

The [[GNU findutils|GNU]] find has a large number of additional features not specified by POSIX.

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[[ro:Find]]
[[ru:Find]]
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