bash : search multiple file patterns using single find command
Using a combination of patterns with "-o" and/or -"a" (which OR the pattern or AND the pattern) in find command, one can search for various patterns or combine ...
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Howto rollover a file when size exceeds using unix find
Using -size and -exec flags of find command, one can easily find when the logfile has grown above the threshold and move it to another name in one shot.
Unix : find affected by current working directory
Many Unix variants (including latest Solaris 11 Express) use a version of find that first looks for current working directory. And if that current working direc...
find broken symlinks
Using find and test commands you can search for the dangling or broken soft links on a Unix system.
bash : run command on find results
"find" command allows "-exec command ;" flag to support running a command on result. For the shorter output from find "xargs" can be used.