Search the file with the find command. Below command will search the file (named. conf) in the current directory and sub-directories.
# find . -name "named.conf" -print
Note: -print option will print out the path of any file that meets the find criteria.
Find multiple ‘-exec’ options.
# find / -name *.php" -exec echo {} \; -exec grep techtransit {} \;
find with -exec {} and a way to count the total files.
# find / -name "*.php" -exec chmod 755 {} \; -exec /bin/echo {} \; | wc -l
OR
We can add -print option to find, instead of executing “/bin/echo{}” like below.
# find / -name "*.php" -print -exec chmod 755 {} \; | wc -l
Move or copy files printed by ‘find’ command
find /path -type f -name "filename" | xargs cp -t /target_path
OR
find /path -name "filename" -exec cp -rfp {} /destination_path \;