# Just like "ls -la" but do not list ".." and "."
find . -maxdepth 1 -not -name '.'
# Count the number of files recursively
find . -type f | wc -l
# Count the number of directories recursively
find . -type d | wc -l
# Echo death links from dir (with some fancy {} substitution for nicely formatted output)
find -L . -name . -o -type d -prune -o -type l -exec echo $(file={}; echo "--> ${file}") \;
# Assorted options (depth, type file, match|don't match)
find /path/to/uploads -maxdepth 1 -type f -not -name 't_*'
# find all files modified in the last 24 hours
find / -mtime -1 -ls
# [HINTS]
# -mtime: Updated when the file contents change. This is the "default" file time in most cases
# -ctime: Updated when the file or its metadata (owner, permissions) change
# -atime: Updated when the file is read
# [NOTE]
# Updating [atime] every time a file is read causes a lot of usually-unnecessary IO, slowing
# everything down. Most Linux distributions now default to the [noatime] filesystem mount
# option, or else [relatime], which updates [atimes] once a limit has passed or if the file
# was actually modified since the previous read
# Just like previous one but while using ls+grep
# Find files modified in the last 24h hours
ls -al --time-style=+%D | grep `date +%D`
# List files (or dirs) between two dates
find . -type f -newermt '01 aug 2020 00:00:00' -not -newermt '01 sep 2020 00:00:00' -ls
# Delete files (or dirs) between two dates
find . -type f -newermt '01 aug 2020 00:00:00' -not -newermt '01 sep 2020 00:00:00' -delete
# Change directory permissions recursively with find and chmod
find . -type d -exec chmod 755 {} \;
# Change files permissions recursively with find and chmod
find . -type f -exec chmod 644 {} \;
# Rename all files and dirs to lowercase, but keep the shell out of reach of children/win users/pets, ...
# -depth Lists each directory’s contents before the directory itself
# -n 1 Instructs xargs to use at most one argument per command line from find output
find /somedir -depth | xargs -n 1 rename -v 's/(.*)\/([^\/]*)/$1\/\L$2/' {} \;
# Find and Delete a directory
find . -name "__pycache__" -exec rm -rf {} +# Sort filesystem files from the biggest to the smallest
# exclude files with 0|1 file size, if you still want them too just remove latest grep
du -a / | sort -n -r|grep -v "^[0|1]"