I always google before using find. But it is a powerful tool. For simpler tasks, I just use ls -1 GLOB or ls -1 | grep PAT.
find
ls -1 GLOB
ls -1 | grep PAT
One task where find really helped was finding and removing broken symlinks in a directory with over 10 million files.
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I always google before using
find. But it is a powerful tool. For simpler tasks, I just usels -1 GLOBorls -1 | grep PAT.One task where
findreally helped was finding and removing broken symlinks in a directory with over 10 million files.