Find Command Cheat Sheet

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12 min read ยท Jun 17, 2026

Find Command Cheat Sheet

The options determine whether find will follow symbolic links (symlinks) as if they are the files they reference. One or more paths can be listed as arguments to set the directories that find will search. The expressions determine what find will search for and what actions it will take on items it finds. All path arguments must be listed before the first expression, and expression options should be listed before the test and action expressions. If no action expressions are listed, find will use -print by default.

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