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{{lowercase|title=find}} 
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(contracted; show full)
Delete files and directories (if empty) named <code>bad</code> 
 find /foo -name bad -delete

'''Warning''': <code>-delete</code> should be use with other operators such as
<code>-empty</code> or <code>-name</code>.

 find /foo -delete  
(# this deletes '''all''' in <code>foo</code>)/foo

===Search for a string===
This command will search for a string in all files from the /tmp directory and below:
<source lang="bash">
 $ find /tmp -exec grep 'search string' '{}' /dev/null \; -print
</source>
(contracted; show full)*{{man|1|find||search for files in a directory hierarchy}}
*[http://www.gnu.org/software/findutils/manual/html_mono/find.html Official webpage for GNU find]

{{Unix commands}}

[[Category:Searching]]
[[Category:Standard Unix programs]]
[[Category:Unix SUS2008 utilities]]