find

Find files or directories under the given directory tree, recursively.

• Find files by extension:

find {root_path} -name '{*.ext}'

• Find files matching multiple path/name patterns:

find {root_path} -path '{**/path/**/*.ext}' -or -name '{*pattern*}'

• Find directories matching a given name, in case-insensitive mode:

find {root_path} -type d -iname '{*lib*}'

• Find files matching a given pattern, excluding specific paths:

find {root_path} -name '{*.py}' -not -path '{*/site-packages/*}'

• Find files matching a given size range:

find {root_path} -size {+500k} -size {-10M}

• Run a command for each file (use `{}` within the command to access the filename):

find {root_path} -name '{*.ext}' -exec {wc -l {} }\;

• Find files modified in the last 7 days and delete them:

find {root_path} -daystart -mtime -{7} -delete

• Find empty (0 byte) files and delete them:

find {root_path} -type {f} -empty -delete

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