# To find files by case-insensitive extension (ex: .jpg, .JPG, .jpG): find . -iname "*.jpg" # To find directories: find . -type d # To find files: find . -type f # To find files by octal permission: find . -type f -perm 777 # To find files with setuid bit set: find . -xdev \( -perm -4000 \) -type f -print0 | xargs -0 ls -l # To find files with extension '.txt' and remove them: find ./path/ -name '*.txt' -exec rm '{}' \; # To find files with extension '.txt' and look for a string into them: find ./path/ -name '*.txt' | xargs grep 'string' # To find files with size bigger than 5 Mb and sort them by size: find ./ -size +5M -type f -print0 | xargs -0 ls -Ssh # To find files bigger thank 2 MB and list them: find / -type f -size +20000k -exec ls -lh {} \; | awk '{ print $9 ": " $5 }'