find

A simplified implementation of the 'find' utility on Linux systems. This utility is used to locate files on a Unix or Linux system, searching any set of directories that are specified for files that match the supplied search criteria, including:

• search by file name,
• search by last modified,
• search by inode number.

and optionally perform an action once that file has been found. Supported actions so far include:

• default printing the full path,
• deleteing/removing the file (delete, rm),
• output the file contents (cat),
• move/rename the fiel (mv)

To Run

1. Clone this Repo, or obtain a copy of the find.c file.
2. On a Linux OS, gcc -o find /path/to/find.c
3. You can now run ./find from the directory where #2 was executed from.

Syntax

find where-to-look

Displays the pathnames of all files and directories in the specified directory and all subdirectories. If no directory is specified, the default is the current working directory.

• find testdir
• find

find where-to-look criteria

find where-to-look -name

This will search the specified directory (where-to-look) and all subdirectories for any files or directories named and display their paths.

• find testdir -name testfile
• find -name testfile

find where-to-look -min

This will find files and directories modified with the specified number of minutes ago You can specify a number “n” to mean exactly n, “-n” to mean less than n, and “+n” to mean more than n.

• find testdir -min +10
• find testdir -min -10
• find testdir -min 10
• find -min +10

find where-to-look -inum

Find a file or directory that has i-node number given.

• find testdir -inum 25
• find -inum 25

find where-to-look criteria execute

find where-to-look criteria -exec [delete|rm]

Find files or directories matching any specified criteria and remove them.

• find testdir -name testfile -exec delete
• find -name dir3 -exec rm
• find -name testfile2 -exec rm

find where-to-look criteria -exec cat

Find files matching any specified criteria and output their contents.

• find testdir -name testfile -exec cat
• find -name testfile2 -exec cat

find where-to-look criteria -exec mv newfilename

Find files or directories matching any specified criteria and rename/move them.

• find testdir -name testfile -exec mv dummyfile
• find -name dummyDir1 -exec mv dummyDir2