find

The most useful Command for me. Used it to search for a file that is last accessed modified or for a file whose path is not known to me

find -cmin -20  -> finds out the files last modified within last 20 minutes or lesser than that in the preset working directory

find -name “file” -> search for a particular file

Lot more options are available. Listed the 2 I most used.

~ by devps on July 11, 2008.