find(1)
find <start> [opts]
-maxdepth <n> maximally search n dirs deep
-type <t> match on file type
f regular file
d directory
-user <name> list files owned by username
-name <glob> list files matching glob (only filename)
-iname <glob> list files matching glob case-insensitive
-exec <cmd> {} ; run cmd on each file
-exec <cmd> {} + run cmd with all files as argument
Depending on the shell the
<glob>
must be quoted or escaped. The exec modifier characters;
and+
also may need to be escaped.
Example -exec
option
> find . -maxdepth 1 -type d -exec echo x {} \;
# x .
# x ./.github
# x ./book
# x ./src
# x ./.git
# x ./docs
> find . -maxdepth 1 -type d -exec echo x {} +
# x . ./.github ./book ./src ./.git ./docs