Linux

Find Builder

Find files and folders by condition

How to use this tool

Choose the task and fill in the examples. Generate a command, review its explanation and warnings, then copy it into the appropriate Linux terminal. Nothing is executed, uploaded or stored here. Generated commands target a POSIX shell on GNU/Linux; required packages are noted in the result.

Where should we look?

Use a Linux path. Spaces are supported; enter /home/user rather than ~.

What are you looking for?

What is the name? (optional)

Examples: *.log, access*, error.log. Patterns are passed to find, not expanded by your shell.

Match letter case

Include subfolders

How large? (optional)

Size unit

Size condition

When was it changed?

How many days?

Advanced options

Only empty files / folders

Owned by which user? (optional)

Owned by which group? (optional)

Which timestamp?

Skip how many folder levels?

Search at most how many levels?

Exact permissions (optional, e.g. 644)

Full-path regular expression (optional)

Follow symbolic links

Local generation only. No commands are executed. No input is saved.

Result

What each option means

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Result

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