"find" command in linux

find.sh

# https://www.freecodecamp.org/news/how-to-search-files-in-the-linux-terminal/

find -name <file_name>

# find file by "case-insensitive"
find -iname <file_name>

# find file by "regex / pattern"
find /path/to/search -name "*.txt"

# find file by "directory"
find /path/to/search -type d

# find file by "size of file"
# K represents "KB"
# M represents "MB"
# G represents "GB"
# b represents "bytes"
# c represents "blocks"
find /path/to/search -size <size_of_the_file>
find /path/to/search -size +50M -size -100M

# find file by "time modified"
find /path/to/search -mtime <-number_of_days_ago>
find /path/to/search -mtime +7

# execute command on filtered file
find /path/to/search -name  -exec <COMMAND_HERE_1> {} <COMMAND_HERE_2>  \;
find ./5minslearn -name "*.zip" -exec mv {} ./5minslearn/zip \;

# execute command on filtered file "with prompt / confirmation"
# add "-ok"
find /path/to/search -name "*.txt" -ok mv {} /path/to/destination \;


# find and remove files
find . -name "*.<extension>" -delete