find . -name flag1.txt: find the file named “flag1.txt” in the current directory

find /home -name flag1.txt: find the file names “flag1.txt” in the /home directory

find / -type d -name config: find the directory named config under “/”

find / -type f -perm 0777: find files with the 777 permissions (files readable, writable, and executable by all users)

find / -perm a=x: find executable files

find /home -user frank: find all files for user “frank” under “/home”

find / -mtime 10: find files that were modified in the last 10 days

find / -atime 10: find files that were accessed in the last 10 day

find / -cmin -60: find files changed within the last hour (60 minutes)

find / -amin -60: find files accesses within the last hour (60 minutes)

find / -size 50M: find files with a 50 MB size

find / -writable -type d 2>/dev/null : Find world-writeable folders

find / -perm -222 -type d 2>/dev/null: Find world-writeable folders

find / -perm -o w -type d 2>/dev/null: Find world-writeable folders

find / -perm -o x -type d 2>/dev/null : Find world-executable folders

find / -perm -u=s -type f 2>/dev/null: Find files with the SUID bit, which allows us to run the file with a higher privilege level than the current user.

Tools and supported languages:

find / -name perl*

find / -name python*

find / -name gcc*

find what is where:

find -name "file-*"

find / [filename]: search all directories

Find all files whose name ends with ".xml"

find / -type f -name "*.xml"

Find all files in the /home directory (recursive) whose name is "user.txt" (case insensitive)

find /home -type d -name "user.txt"

Find all directories whose name contains the word "exploits"

find / -type d -name "\*exploits\*"

Özel olarak içeriğini arama(password)

grep -l -e "password" -f *

Search for password fow shadow file

find / 2>>/dev/null | grep "shadow.*" username[1]:x[2]:userid[3]:groupid[4]:useridinfo[5]:/folder/location[6]:/shell/location[7]

İstenileni bul:

find / -iname "\*flag1\*" 2>/dev/null

Özel bir text'in hangi klasörde olduğunu bulmak

find / -type f -exec grep -H 'text-to-find-here' {} \;

Gizli .txt dosyasına arama yapmak:

find / -user root -type f 2>&1 | grep -v "Permission" | grep -v "No such"

find all the files and copy them in a file

find / -type f \( -name [file] -o -name [file] -o -name [file] \) -exec cp "{}" [copy\_to\_path] \; 2>/dev/null

filename, size, user/group, date modified/accessed, keyword contents

What we can doSyntaxReal example of syntax
Find files based on filenamefind [directory path] -type f -name [filename]find /home/Andy -type f -name sales.txt
Find Directory based on directory namefind [directory path] -type d -name [filename]find /home/Andy -type d -name pictures
Find files based on sizefind [directory path] -type f -size [size]find /home/Andy -type f -size 10c
(c for bytes,
k for kilobytes
M megabytes
G for gigabytes
type:'man find' for full information on the options)
Find files based on usernamefind [directory path] -type f -user [username]find /etc/server -type f -user john
Find files based on group namefind [directory path] -type f -group [group name]find /etc/server -type f -group teamstar
Find files modified after a specific datefind [directory path] -type f -newermt '[date and time]'find / -type f -newermt '6/30/2020 0:00:00'
(all dates/times after 6/30/2020 0:00:00 will be considered a condition to look for)
Find files based on date modifiedfind [directory path] -type f -newermt [start date range] ! -newermt [end date range]find / -type f -newermt 2013-09-12 ! -newermt 2013-09-14
(all dates before 2013-09-12 will be excluded; all dates after 2013-09-14 will be excluded, therefore this only leaves 2013-09-13 as the date to look for.)
Find files based on date accessedfind [directory path] -type f -newerat [start date range] ! -newerat [end date range]find / -type f -newerat 2017-09-12 ! -newerat 2017-09-14
(all dates before 2017-09-12 will be excluded; all dates after 2017-09-14 will be excluded, therefore this only leaves 2017-09-13 as the date to look for.)
Find files with a specific keywordgrep -iRl [directory path/keyword]grep -iRl '/folderA/flag'
read the manual for the find commandman findman find

copy/move/rename/create files and folders

What we can doSyntaxReal example of syntax
copy file/foldercp [filename/folder] [directory]cp ssh.conf /home/newfolder
(remember, if the filename/folder name has spaces then you will need to encase the filename with speech marks such as cp "[filename with spaces]" [directory]. This applis to other commands such as mv. )
move file/foldermv [filename] [directory]mv ssh.conf /home/newfolder
move multiple files/folders simultaneouslymv [file1] [file2] [file3] -t [directory to move to]mv logs.txt keys.conf script.py -t /home/savedWork
Move all files from current directory into another directorymv * [directory to move files to]mv * /home/scripts
rename files/foldermv [current filename] [new filename]mv ssh.conf NewSSH.conf
create a filetouch [filename]touch newFile.txt
create a foldermkdir [foldername]mkdir newFolder
open file for editingnano [filename]nano keys.conf
output contents of filecat [filename]cat keys.conf
upload file to a remote machinescp [filename] [username]@[IP of remote machine ]:/[directory to upload to]scp example.txt john@192.168.100.123:/home/john/
run an bash script program./[name of script]./timer
open a file for reading/editingnano [filename]nano readME.txt