This is find.info, produced by makeinfo version 6.7 from find.texi. This manual documents version 4.9.0 of the GNU utilities for finding files that match certain criteria and performing various operations on them. Copyright (C) 1994-2022 Free Software Foundation, Inc. Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.3 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no Invariant Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts. A copy of the license is included in the section entitled "GNU Free Documentation License". INFO-DIR-SECTION Basics START-INFO-DIR-ENTRY * Finding files: (find). Operating on files matching certain criteria. END-INFO-DIR-ENTRY INFO-DIR-SECTION Individual utilities START-INFO-DIR-ENTRY * find: (find)Invoking find. Finding and acting on files. * locate: (find)Invoking locate. Finding files in a database. * updatedb: (find)Invoking updatedb. Building the locate database. * xargs: (find)Invoking xargs. Operating on many files. END-INFO-DIR-ENTRY  File: find.info, Node: Primary Index, Prev: GNU Free Documentation License, Up: Top 'find' Primary Index ******************** This is a list of all of the primaries (tests, actions, and options) that make up 'find' expressions for selecting files. *Note find Expressions::, for more information on expressions. [index] * Menu: * !: Combining Primaries With Operators. (line 14) * (): Combining Primaries With Operators. (line 10) * ,: Combining Primaries With Operators. (line 27) * -a: Combining Primaries With Operators. (line 20) * -amin: Age Ranges. (line 18) * -and: Combining Primaries With Operators. (line 20) * -anewer: Comparing Timestamps. (line 56) * -atime: Age Ranges. (line 8) * -cmin: Age Ranges. (line 19) * -cnewer: Comparing Timestamps. (line 57) * -context: Mode Bits. (line 125) * -ctime: Age Ranges. (line 9) * -d: Directories. (line 46) * -daystart: Age Ranges. (line 29) * -delete: Delete Files. (line 6) * -depth: Directories. (line 38) * -empty: Size. (line 48) * -exec: Single File. (line 48) * -exec <1>: Multiple Files. (line 25) * -execdir: Single File. (line 8) * -execdir <1>: Multiple Files. (line 14) * -executable: Mode Bits. (line 41) * -false: Combining Primaries With Operators. (line 46) * -files0-from: Starting points. (line 30) * -files0-from <1>: Starting points. (line 31) * -fls: Print File Information. (line 47) * -fprint: Print File Name. (line 12) * -fprint0: Safe File Name Handling. (line 15) * -fprintf: Print File Information. (line 85) * -fstype: Filesystems. (line 21) * -gid: Owner. (line 12) * -group: Owner. (line 7) * -ignore_readdir_race: Directories. (line 113) * -ilname: Symbolic Links. (line 90) * -iname: Base Name Patterns. (line 7) * -inum: Hard Links. (line 43) * -ipath: Full Name Patterns. (line 27) * -iregex: Full Name Patterns. (line 58) * -iwholename: Full Name Patterns. (line 28) * -links: Hard Links. (line 68) * -links <1>: Hard Links. (line 71) * -links <2>: Hard Links. (line 74) * -lname: Symbolic Links. (line 89) * -ls: Print File Information. (line 6) * -maxdepth: Directories. (line 10) * -mindepth: Directories. (line 31) * -mmin: Age Ranges. (line 20) * -mount: Filesystems. (line 14) * -mtime: Age Ranges. (line 10) * -name: Base Name Patterns. (line 6) * -newer: Comparing Timestamps. (line 58) * -newerXY: Comparing Timestamps. (line 6) * -nogroup: Owner. (line 17) * -noignore_readdir_race: Directories. (line 136) * -noleaf: Directories. (line 98) * -not: Combining Primaries With Operators. (line 14) * -nouser: Owner. (line 16) * -o: Combining Primaries With Operators. (line 24) * -ok: Querying. (line 31) * -okdir: Querying. (line 10) * -or: Combining Primaries With Operators. (line 24) * -path: Full Name Patterns. (line 6) * -perm: Mode Bits. (line 44) * -print: Print File Name. (line 6) * -print0: Safe File Name Handling. (line 11) * -printf: Print File Information. (line 52) * -prune: Directories. (line 51) * -quit: Directories. (line 83) * -readable: Mode Bits. (line 33) * -regex: Full Name Patterns. (line 57) * -regextype: Full Name Patterns. (line 74) * -samefile: Hard Links. (line 10) * -size: Size. (line 6) * -true: Combining Primaries With Operators. (line 43) * -type: Type. (line 6) * -uid: Owner. (line 11) * -used: Comparing Timestamps. (line 78) * -user: Owner. (line 6) * -wholename: Full Name Patterns. (line 7) * -writable: Mode Bits. (line 36) * -xdev: Filesystems. (line 13) * -xtype: Type. (line 32) * ago in date strings: Relative items in date strings. (line 23) * am in date strings: Time of day items. (line 21) * day in date strings: Relative items in date strings. (line 15) * day in date strings <1>: Relative items in date strings. (line 29) * first in date strings: General date syntax. (line 22) * fortnight in date strings: Relative items in date strings. (line 15) * hour in date strings: Relative items in date strings. (line 15) * last DAY: Day of week items. (line 15) * last in date strings: General date syntax. (line 22) * midnight in date strings: Time of day items. (line 21) * minute in date strings: Relative items in date strings. (line 15) * month in date strings: Relative items in date strings. (line 15) * next DAY: Day of week items. (line 15) * next in date strings: General date syntax. (line 22) * noon in date strings: Time of day items. (line 21) * now in date strings: Relative items in date strings. (line 33) * parse_datetime: Date input formats. (line 6) * pm in date strings: Time of day items. (line 21) * this in date strings: Relative items in date strings. (line 33) * today in date strings: Relative items in date strings. (line 33) * tomorrow in date strings: Relative items in date strings. (line 29) * week in date strings: Relative items in date strings. (line 15) * year in date strings: Relative items in date strings. (line 15) * yesterday in date strings: Relative items in date strings. (line 29)