# Find ## Find ### **List all sub directory/file in the current directory** ``` find . ``` ### **List all files under the current directory** ``` find . -type f ``` ### **List all directories under the current directory** ``` find . -type d ``` ### **Edit all files under current directory (e.g. replace 'www' with 'ww')** ``` find . -name '*.php' -exec sed -i 's/www/w/g' {} \; # if there are no subdirectory replace "www" "w" -- * # a space before * ``` ### **Find and output only filename (e.g. "mso")** ``` find mso*/ -name M* -printf "%f\n" ``` ### **Find large files in the system (e.g. >4G)** ``` find / -type f -size +4G ``` ### **Find and delete file with size less than (e.g. 74 byte)** ``` find . -name "*.mso" -size -74c -delete # M for MB, etc ``` ### **Find empty (0 byte) files** ``` find . -type f -empty # to further delete all the empty files find . -type f -empty -delete ``` ### **Recursively count all the files in a directory** ``` find . -type f | wc -l ``` --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter: ``` GET https://alomancy.gitbook.io/guides/cheat-sheets/bash-cheat-sheets/find.md?ask= ``` The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.