File manipulation using FIND
These examples are Ubuntu 12.04 and Apache2
FIND
find a file by name #
sudo find ~/ -name 'banner3.jpg' 2>/dev/null
find and copy # combined to make a script to double filter
sudo find /media/backup01/* -name '*.txt' -exec cp {} ~/dump \;
+ increases speed
sudo find . -name '*.py' -exec grep --color 'xrange' {} +
FIND and EXEC (execute another command)
sudo find /var/www/www.example.com/media/ -type f -name "*.jpg" -exec chmod 775 {} \;
FIND and DELETE lines matching pattern in log files
sudo find *.log -type f -exec sed -i -e '/88\.66\.4\.92/d' {} \;
FIND and edit file (not create a new file)
sudo find . -type f -exec sed -i -e 's/pattern/replace/g' {} \;
find all files in /directoryname and copy to another directory /home/username/directory
sudo find /directoryname -iname "*file*.txt" -exec cp {} /home/username/directory \;
useful for upgrading software – list all directories in /var/www THEN copy all files in directory-name to each
sudo find /var/www -maxdepth 1 -type d | cp -Rf ~/directory-name/* '*'
FIND directories 1 level deep and execute a script on them
sudo find -maxdepth 1 -type d | ~/close-wp.sh '*'
FIND directories 1 level deep and move them to another directory
sudo find -maxdepth 1 -type d | mv '*' /home/username/directory-name
FIND and DELETE directories
sudo find /media/ -type d -name 'directory-name' -exec rm -r {} \;
FIND and DELETE images larger than x
sudo find /var/www/www.example.com/wp-content/uploads/ -type f -size +100k -exec rm -r {} \;
FIND and DELETE files older than 5 days | -mtime = days
sudo find /path/to/files* -mtime +5 -exec rm {} \;
More…AWK GREP SED VI and FIND Cheatsheet
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