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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)

This command searches for files with the name "foo.cpp" in all subdirectories of the current directory (current directory itself included) other than ".svn".   We quote the ! so that it's not interpreted by the shell as the history substitution character.

==Type filter explanation==

'''-type''' ''option used to specify search for only file, link or directory.''
Various type filters are supported by find
, t. They are activated using the

 find -type c

configuration switch where c may be any of:
* '''b '''[[Device file|block (buffered) special]]
* '''c '''[[Device file|character (unbuffered special)]]
* '''d [[Directory (computing)|directory]]'''
* '''p '''[[Named pipe|named pipe (FIFO)]]
* '''f [[regular file]]'''
* '''l '''[[symbolic link]]; this is never true if the -L option or the -follow option is in effect, unless the symbolic link is broken. If you want to search for symbolic links when -L is in effect, use -xtype (though that is a GNU extension).
* '''s '''[[Unix domain socket|socket]]
* '''D '''[[Doors (computing)|door (Solaris)]]
(Bold listed⏎
The configuration switches listed in bold are most commonly used).

==Examples==

===From current directory===
 find . -name 'my*'

This searches in the current directory (represented by the dot character) and below it, for files and directories with names starting with ''my''. The quotes avoid the [[shell (computing)|shell]] expansion — without them the shell would replace ''my*'' with the list of files whose names begin with ''my'' in the current directory. In newer versions of the program, the direct(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]]