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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)

===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 single quotes (apostrophes) as otherwise the shell would replace it with the list of  files in the current directory starting with ''my''...
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===Commands===
The previous examples created listings of results because, by default, <code>find</code> executes the '-print' action.   (Note that early versions of the <code>find</code> command had no default action at all; therefore the resulting list of files would be discarded, to the bewilderment of users.) 

 find . -name 'my*' -type f -ls
This prints extended file information.

(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]]