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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)Example of searching files with size between 100 kilobytes and 500 kilobytes.
 find . -size +100k -a -size -500k

===Search files by name and size ===
 find /usr/src -not \( -name "*,v" -o -name ".*,v" \) '{}' \; -print 

This command will search in the /usr/src directory and all sub directories. All files that are of the form '*,v' and '.*,v' are excluded. Important arguments to note are:

⏎
⏎
    -not means the negation of the expression that follows
    \( means the start of a complex expression.
    \) means the end of a complex expression.
    -o means a logical or of a complex expression.
       In this case the complex expression is all files like '*,v' or '.*,v' 

 for file in `find /opt \( -name error_log -o -name 'access_log' -o -name 'ssl_engine_log' -o -name 'rewrite_log' -o
(contracted; show full)[[it:Find (Unix)]]
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