`find` command examples

find-command-examples

# Find all files ending with ".swp"
find . -name \*.swp -type f

# Find all files ending with ".swp" and delete them
find . -name \*.swp -type f -delete

# Find all files, not in hidden directory, that contain the pattern "TRANDESCID" and also any of the patterns "41", "42", "45", and "50"
find . -not -path '*/\.*' -type f -exec grep -iq TRANDESCID {} \; -exec grep -il -e 41 -e 42 -e 45 -e 50 {} \;



# Find, and print, all files that contain the pattern "windows" (regardless of case)
# I'm not sure why none of the above commands don't include the `-print` option.
find . -not -path '*/\.*' -type f -exec grep -iq windows {} \; -print

# Note that this prints *all* of the files (not in a hidden sub-directory) instead of just those for which there is at least one matching line containing "windows":
find . -not -path '*/\.*' -type f -print -exec grep -iq windows {} \;



# Find all gpg-encrypted files that contain a Git conflict marker
find . -not -path '*/\.*' -type f -exec bash -c "gpg2 -d --batch --quiet \"{}\" | grep -iq \"<<<<<<<\"" \; -print



# Find all 'todo' words
find . -not -path '*/\.*' -type f -exec grep -iq '\<todo\>' {} \; -print

# This doesn't work:
find . -not -path '*/\.*' -type f -exec grep -iq \<todo\> {} \; -print