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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(contracted; show full)

==See also==
*[[Locate_(Unix)|locate]], a Unix search tool based on a prebuilt database, and therefore it is faster and less accurate than <code>find</code> (because the database may not be up-to-date).
*[[mdfind]], a similar utility that utilizes metadata for [[Mac OS X]] and [[Darwin (operating system)|Darwin]]
*[[List of Unix programs]]
*[[List of DOS commands]]

*[[List of duplicate file finders]]⏎
*[[grep]]
*[[Filter (higher-order function)]]
*[[find (command)]], a DOS and Windows command that is very different from UNIX <code>find</code>
*[[findutils]]
*[[Tree (Unix)| tree]]

==External links==
*{{man|cu|find|SUS|find files}}
*{{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]]