Dec
30
2016
Search for files in linux
By abernal
There are two commands useful to perform the find operation in linux
Find
This command searches for a file within the root file system (it is recursive)
# find / -name named.conf
Alternatively we can be more specific if we know under which directory such file might be located at
# find /usr -name named.conf
Find file that are less or greater than a given size
less than 4096 bytes
# find . -type f -size -4096c
Greater than 4096 bytes