====== GNU find ======

===== Cheat sheet =====
^ ^ Effect ^ Option ^ Example ^
^ Name | find by name | ''-name //name//'' | ''find . -name sshd_config'' \\ ''find . -name \*.conf'' |
^ ::: | find by name (case insensitive) | ''-iname //name//'' | ''find . -iname \*.jpg'' \\ ''find . -iname \*english\*'' |
^ ::: | find by name (regular expression) | ''-regex //pattern//'' | ''find . -regex '.*txt%%'%%'' |
^ Type | find regular files | ''-type f'' | ''find . -type f'' |
^ ::: | find directories | ''-type d'' | ''find . -type d'' |
^ ::: | find symbolic links | ''-type l'' | ''find . -type l'' |
^ ::: | find named pipes | ''-type p'' | ''find / -type p'' |
^ ::: | find sockets | ''-type s'' | ''find / -type s'' |
^ Size | find by size | ''-size  //[+|-]n[k|M|G]//'' | ''find . -size +2G'' |
^ Time | modified **days** ago | ''-mtime //[+|-]n//'' | ''find . -mtime +14'' \\ ''find . -mtime +2 -mtime -7'' |
^ ::: | modified **minutes** ago | ''-mmin //[+|-]n//'' | ''find . -mmin -120'' |
^ ::: | created **days** ago | ''-ctime //[+|-]n//'' | ''find . -ctime +14'' \\ ''find . -ctime +2 -ctime -7'' |
^ ::: | created **minutes** ago | ''-cmin //[+|-]n//'' | ''find . -cmin -120'' |
^ ::: | accessed **days** ago | ''-atime //[+|-]n//'' | ''find . -atime +14'' \\ ''find . -atime +2 -atime -7'' |
^ ::: | accessed **minutes** ago | ''-amin //[+|-]n//'' | ''find . -amin -120'' |
^ Comparison | modified more recently than | ''-newer //file//'' | ''find . -newer old_file.txt'' |
^ ::: | created more recently than | ''-cnewer //file//'' | ''find . -cnewer old_file.txt'' |
^ ::: | accessed more recently than | ''-anewer //file//'' | ''find . -anewer old_file.txt'' |
^ Permissions | find by file permissions | ''-perm //mode//'' | ''find . -perm -o=x'' |
^ ::: | find only user-readable files | ''-readable'' | ''find / -readable -name config'' |
^ ::: | find only user-writable files | ''-writable'' | ''find / -writable -name config'' |
^ ::: | find only user-executable files | ''-executable'' | ''find / -executable -name config'' |
^ ::: | find files owned by //user// | ''-user //user//'' | ''find /tmp -user alice'' |
^ ::: | ::: | ''-uid //n//'' | ''find . -uid 1001'' |
^ ::: | find files owned by //group// | ''-group //group//'' | ''find /tmp -group video'' |
^ ::: | ::: | ''-gid //n//'' | ''find . -gid 1001'' |
^ Search depth | descend exactly //n// levels | ''-depth //n//'' | ''find / -depth 1'' |
^ ::: | descend into //n// levels | ''-maxdepth //n//'' | ''find . -name example -depth 1'' |
^ ::: | descend at least //n// levels | ''-mindepth //n//'' | ''find / --mindepth 2 --name bin --type d'' |
^ ::: | don't descend into other file systems | ''-mount'' | ''find / -name test --mount'' |
^ ::: | follow symbolic links | ''-L'' | ''find -L / -name test'' |
^ Hardlinks | search for files that refer to same inode | ''-samefile //file//'' | ''find / -samefile test.mkv'' |
^ ::: | file has //n// hard links | ''-links //n//'' | ''find . -links 1'' |
^ Actions | execute command on results | ''-exec //$COMMAND// {} +'' | ''find . -type d -exec rm {} +'' |

===== More examples =====
| Change UID of files | ''find . -uid 1000 -exec chown $NEWUSER {} +'' |
| Change GID of files | ''find . -gid 1000 -exec chgrp $NEWGROUP {} +'' |