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submitted 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) by boredsquirrel@slrpnk.net to c/linux@lemmy.ml

TL;DW

# find with grep
# + concatinates results and runs the command once, faster
find . -name "*.txt" -exec grep -l "somename" '{}' '+'

# run a command for each result individually
find . -name "*.txt" -exec basename '{}' \';' |  column

# case insensitive
find -iname "SoMeNaMe.TxT

# file or dir
find -type f
find -type d

# define file owner
find -user Bob

# define file group
find -group wheel

# by permission
find -perm 777

# find by size
find -size +1G
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[-] murtaza64@programming.dev 3 points 4 months ago

Why? The quotes will be consumed by the shell when you execute the command, unless you do like "'{}'"

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