Would you like to learn how to find files on Linux? In this tutorial, we are going to show you how to search for files on a computer running Linux.
• Ubuntu 18
• Ubuntu 19
• Ubuntu 20
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Tutorial Ubuntu - Searching for files
Search for a file on the entire disk.
Search for a file using case insensitive.
Search for a file in a specific directory.
Find files with a specific extension.
Exclude a directory from the search.
Exclude multiple directories from the search.
Find files created in the last 24 hours.
Find files modified in the last 24 hours.
Find files accessed in the last 24 hours.
Find files owned by a specific user.
Find files owned by a specific group.
Find files with SUID enabled.
Find files with SGID enabled.
Congratulations! You are able to search for files using the FIND command on Linux.
