find a file containing some text
TL;DW
<span style="color:#323232;"># find with grep
</span><span style="color:#323232;"># + concatinates results and runs the command once, faster
</span><span style="color:#323232;">find . -name "*.txt" -exec grep -l "somename" '{}' '+'
</span><span style="color:#323232;">
</span><span style="color:#323232;"># run a command for each result individually
</span><span style="color:#323232;">find . -name "*.txt" -exec basename '{}' ';' | column
</span><span style="color:#323232;">
</span><span style="color:#323232;"># case insensitive
</span><span style="color:#323232;">find -iname "SoMeNaMe.TxT
</span><span style="color:#323232;">
</span><span style="color:#323232;"># file or dir
</span><span style="color:#323232;">find -type f
</span><span style="color:#323232;">find -type d
</span><span style="color:#323232;">
</span><span style="color:#323232;"># define file owner
</span><span style="color:#323232;">find -user Bob
</span><span style="color:#323232;">
</span><span style="color:#323232;"># define file group
</span><span style="color:#323232;">find -group wheel
</span><span style="color:#323232;">
</span><span style="color:#323232;"># by permission
</span><span style="color:#323232;">find -perm 777
</span><span style="color:#323232;">
</span><span style="color:#323232;"># find by size
</span><span style="color:#323232;">find -size +1G
</span>
