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Find core files

Will find and list all core files from the current directory on. You can pass | xargs rm -i to be prompted for the removal if you'd like to double check before removal.
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find . -type f -regex ".*/core.[0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9]$"

H3liUS · 2014-01-17 16:44:47 7
get md5sum for all files, skipping svn directories

recurse through all files, get the message hash, flip the output as filename, hash value Show Sample Output
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```
/appl/hdcdw/cntl/CDINadSrc.fld  2b90c02cf391872e330001d2bdf28315
/appl/hdcdw/cntl/CDIUcsSearsSrc.fld     9ca2dd125a0785fe8cd4c2b9d67109dc
/appl/hdcdw/cntl/CDI_StatsAcxiom.fload  0d31df4ebf16aa99e9bd00ad85c3e813
/appl/hdcdw/cntl/DailyETLMailList.dat   6fb4e9c1ceb50024a31bc9969eb3ed80
```
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find $1 -not -iwholename "*.svn*" -type f | xargs md5sum | awk '{print $2 "\t" $1}'

dronamk · 2014-02-12 19:04:08 5
bzip2 all files in a directory older than 1 week (nicely)
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find /logdir -type f -mtime +7 -print0 | xargs -0 -n 1 nice -n 20 bzip2 -9

rootninja · 2014-02-12 19:35:09 6
Find pictures excepting a path

If you need to find some pictures on your disk but excluding some path.
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find . $ -not -path "./boost*" $ -type f $ -name "*.jpg" -or -name "*.png" -or -name "*.jpeg" $ 2>/dev/null

bilbopingouin · 2014-02-13 09:11:11 6
Make a folder and everything in it world-viewable
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find . -exec chmod o+rx {}\;

tbodt · 2014-02-17 23:15:17 7
Call `svn mv` recursively to rename the C prefix from class names
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for i in $(find . -regex '.*\/C.*\.cpp'); do svn mv `perl -e 'my $s=$ARGV[0]; $s=~m/(.*\/)C(.*)/; print "$s $1$2"' "$i"`; done

nbolton · 2014-02-27 17:28:29 6
Search and replace multiple files with substitution

Does a search and replace across multiple files with a subgroup replacement.
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find . -name "*.txt" | xargs -n 1 perl -pi -w -e "s/text([0-9])/other\$1/g;"

kennethjor · 2014-02-28 06:38:38 6

Show all symlinks

shows you the symlinks in the current directory, recursively, but without following them Show Sample Output

find ./ -type l -print0 | xargs -0 ls -plah

jmorganwalker · 2014-03-20 20:36:39 7

Recursive find all mp4s in a folder and convert to ogv if the ogv does not exist or the mp4 is newer then the current ogv
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for file in $(find . -name *.mp4); do ogv=${file%%.mp4}.ogv; if test "$file" -nt "$ogv"; then echo $file' is newer then '$ogv; ffmpeg2theora $file; fi done

fatlinesofcode · 2014-04-14 23:26:19 7
find only current directory (universal)

This find syntax seems a little easier to remember for me when I have to use -prune on AIX's find. It works with gnu find, too. Add whatever other find options after -prune Show Sample Output
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```
linux:
$ find /etc/* -prune -type f -name *.conf
/etc/asound.conf
/etc/ca-certificates.conf ...

AIX:
$ find /etc/* -prune -type f -name *.conf
/etc/aixmibd.conf
/etc/cdrecord.conf
/etc/cdromd.conf...
```
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find /some/directory/* -prune -type f -name *.log

bigstupid · 2014-05-02 00:14:32 6
Generate SHA1 hash for each file in a list
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find . -regex ".*$avi\|mp4\|wmv$$" -print0 | xargs -0 sha1sum

hochmeister · 2014-05-07 05:45:12 8
for a particular file system, find all files > 10MBytes, sorted by size

This is a quick way to find what is hogging disk space when you get a full disk alert on your monitoring system. This won't work as is with filesystems that allow embedded spaces in user names or groups (read "Mac OS X attached to a Windows Domain"). In those cases, you will need to change the -k 5 to something that works in your situation. Show Sample Output
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```
[dritchie@dlmdc-prod2 ~]$ find . -xdev -size +10000000c -exec ls -l {} \; | sort -n -k 5
-rw-rw-r-- 1 dritchie platform 10067603 Apr 26 23:09 ./bin/valid.out
-rw-rw-r-- 1 dritchie platform 13669316 Apr 26 23:09 ./repack/hd/hd_files.txt
-rw-rw-r-- 1 dritchie platform 17220128 Apr 26 23:09 ./fsmedlist.strace.out
-rw-rw-r-- 1 dritchie platform 29587970 Apr 26 23:09 ./snapi_RedHat60AS_26x86_64_2.0.3_25257.bin
-rw-rw-r-- 1 dritchie platform 49060805 Apr 26 23:09 ./bin/updatestatus
[dritchie@dlmdc-prod2 ~]$ 
```
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cd <mntpoint>; find . -xdev -size +10000000c -exec ls -l {} \; | sort -n -k 5

deritchie · 2014-05-20 14:13:54 6
Find directories in pwd, get disk usage, sort results
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find . -type d -d 1 -print0 | xargs -0 du -sm | sort -nr

hochmeister · 2014-06-05 22:00:45 8
Get the total length of all videos in the current dir in H:m:s

Use case insensitive regex to match files ending in popular video format extensions and calculate their total time. (traverses all files recursively starting from the current directory) Show Sample Output
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```
203:11:32
```
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find -type f -iregex '.*\.$mkv\|mp4\|wmv\|flv\|webm\|mov\|dat\|flv$' -print0 | xargs -0 mplayer -vo dummy -ao dummy -identify 2>/dev/null | perl -nle '/ID_LENGTH=([0-9\.]+)/ && ($t +=$1) && printf "%02d:%02d:%02d\n",$t/3600,$t/60%60,$t%60' | tail -n 1

powerinside · 2014-06-07 15:50:41 6
Find files in current directory which are larger in size (500000k)
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find . -type f -size +50000k -exec ls -lh {} \; | awk '{ print $9 ": " $5 }'

maheshmahajan · 2014-06-24 07:24:39 7
Convert mp4 to mp3 in a directory

Good for when you download youtube videos and want the mp3 for your mp3 player.
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for a in $(find . -maxdepth 1 -name "*.mp4" -type f -printf "%f\n" | rev | cut -d '.' -f2- | rev | sort -u); do if [ ! -f "$a.mp3" ]; then avconv -i "$a."* -vn -ab 128 "$a.mp3"; fi done

adanisch · 2014-06-27 05:13:53 7
Append html-extension to all files in a directory structure that contains html-code.
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find . |xargs grep '<html\|<body\|<table' |sed '/~/d;s/:.*//' |sed 's/.*/mv & &.html/' |uniq >run.sh; sh run.sh

mobluse · 2014-07-09 19:20:40 13
Re-encode all flac files below

Sometimes I get FLAC files that RhythmBox can't play but VLC can. So I re-encode them using GStreamer at highest compression.
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find . -type f -iname '*.flac' | while read i; do mv -- "$i" "$i.tmp"; gst-launch filesrc location="$i.tmp" ! flacdec ! flacenc quality=8 ! filesink location="${i%.tmp}"; rm -- "$i.tmp"; done

qdrizh · 2014-07-10 19:21:22 7
scan folder to check syntax error in php files

Same but will only returns the invalid file (great when emailing the list to the team).
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find . -name "*.php" -exec php -l {} \; | grep found

azizsaleh · 2014-07-11 14:17:34 7
A function to find a file in the pwd downwards

A simple bash function to the find command. I use this much more than find itself. Show Sample Output
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```
$ fn resume
./Documents/2013/My Resume 2014.pdf
```
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fn() { find . -iname "*$1*" -print; }

suprjami · 2014-07-15 05:30:59 8
Remove all .DS_Store files from the current directory (recursive)

May require GNU find.
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find . -name "*.DS_Store" -type f -delete

nicolasmccurdy · 2014-07-16 02:03:38 8
find files that have been modified recently

To search for files in /target_directory and all its sub-directories, that have been modified in the last 60 minutes: find /target_directory -type f -mmin -60 To search for files in /target_directory and all its sub-directories, that have been modified in the last 2 days: find /target_directory -type f -mtime -2 To search for files in /target_directory and all its sub-directories no more than 3 levels deep, that have been modified in the last 2 days: find /target_directory -type f -mtime -2 -depth -3
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find /target_directory -type f -mmin -60 --mindepth 2

vikranth · 2014-08-09 06:59:34 9
Find all files modified after a given files last modification time

This function will find the modification time in unix_time of the given file, then calculate the number of minutes from now to then and then find all files modified in that range. Show Sample Output
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```
[rderose@dunkin] (01:42 PM) / 
$ findOlderThan version.txt
./index.html
./js2/select2/select2.png
./js2/select2/select2x2.png
./js2/select2/select2-bootstrap.css
./js2/select2/select2.css
./js2/select2/select2-spinner.gif
./js2/select2/select2.js
./js2/ace-editor/theme-solarized_dark.js
./js2/ace-editor/theme-twilight.js
./js2/ace-editor/theme-idle_fingers.js
```
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function findOlderThan () { find . -mmin -$((($(date "+%s") - $(stat -c %Y $1))/60)) -type f ; }

RobertDeRose · 2014-08-29 17:52:34 8
Count total running time for all media files in your directory

Recursive. Ignores non-media files. Requires ffprobe, paste, and bc. Show Sample Output
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```
8910.497959
```
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find -type f -exec ffprobe -i "{}" -show_entries format=duration -v quiet -of csv="p=0" \; | paste -sd+ | bc

Hype · 2014-08-29 23:45:09 7
rename files (in this case pdfs) numerically in date order

Caution: distructive overwrite of filenames Useful for concatenating pdfs in date order using pdftk
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find . -name "*.pdf" -print0 | xargs -r0 stat -c %y\ %n | sort|awk '{print $4}'|gawk 'BEGIN{ a=1 }{ printf "mv %s %04d.pdf\n", $0, a++ }' | bash

Randy_Legault · 2014-09-23 06:40:45 9
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tar exclude files or directories

If you want to exclude only one file or directory you should use as --exclude=file_or_directory

Quick glance at who's been using your system recently

This command takes the output of the 'last' command, removes empty lines, gets just the first field ($USERNAME), sort the $USERNAMES in reverse order and then gives a summary count of unique matches.

Convert PDF to JPEG using Ghostscript

Converting your PDF file to JPEG images. You can set resolution by -r option (default: 72dpi).

LIST FILENAMES OF FILES CREATED TODAY IN CURRENT DIRECTORY

This version eliminates the grep before the awk, which is always good. It works for GNU core utils and ensures that the date output of ls matches the format in the pattern match, regardless of locale, etc. On BSD-based systems, you can easily eliminate both the grep and the awk: find . -maxdepth 1 -Btime -$(date +%kh%lm) -type f

Disconnect a wireless client on an atheros-based access point

This command will disconnect the user whose mac was specified from the current list of clients from the wireless network when the network card is working in access point mode. Works on atheros-based access points which use the madwifi driver (not sure, but don't think it will work on access points which are not atheros-based, as it uses the atheros's iwpriv extensions). It will not prevent the user from reconnecting to the network, but may force the user to roam to another AP, with stronger signal.

A line across the entire width of the terminal

Use tput cols to find the width of the terminal and set it as the minimum field width.

List all installed kernels on Ubuntu except current one

Lists all installed kernels minus the current one. This is useful to uninstall older kernels that take too much space on /boot partition.

Clear all Windows Event Log entries (cygwin)

Efficiently clear all Windows Event log entries from within a Cygwin terminal. Uses "cygstart" to launch a hidden "PowerShell" session passing a Powershell command to loop through and clear all Windows Event Log entries. Very useful for troubleshooting and debugging. The command should in theory elevate you session if needed. One liner is based on the PowerShell command: $ wevtutil el | foreach { wevtutil cl $_ }

Keep track of diff progress

You're running a program that reads LOTS of files and takes a long time. But it doesn't tell you about its progress. First, run a command in the background, e.g. $ find /usr/share/doc -type f -exec cat {} + > output_file.txt Then run the watch command. "watch -d" highlights the changes as they happen In bash: $! is the process id (pid) of the last command run in the background. You can change this to $(pidof my_command) to watch something in particular.

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