Episode 12 Find and locate

We use find and locate to dig up lists of files on our system that match certain criteria. We also look at xargs for executing commands on a selected set of files.

20 October 2015

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Time	Jump	Topic or command
00:38		read-only
00:58		`mount` (attach filesystem)
01:11		`mount -o` (options)
01:43		`find` (search files)
02:52		`find -name`
05:31		`find -maxdepth`
06:22		`find -newer`
08:56		`sort` (put lines in order)
09:13		`find -type`
10:12		`find -empty`
11:10		`man` (show manual page)
11:56		`find -print`
12:14		`find -delete`
13:22		`find -exec`
14:04		`chmod` (change permissions)
17:03		pipeline
17:15		command substitution
19:58		`xargs` (build cmd from stdin)
20:49		standard input
21:48		spaces
23:34		`find -print0`
24:22		`xargs -0` (split on null)
25:53		octal
25:56		`od` (octal dump)
27:48		`locate` (find files by name)
30:00		`touch` (change file timestamps)
30:41		`updatedb` (update locate data)
31:46		`locate -i` (ignore-case)
32:30		`find -iname`

Time	Jump	Topic or command
17:15		command substitution
25:53		octal
17:03		pipeline
00:38		read-only
21:48		spaces
20:49		standard input
14:04		`chmod` (change permissions)
12:14		`find -delete`
10:12		`find -empty`
13:22		`find -exec`
32:30		`find -iname`
05:31		`find -maxdepth`
02:52		`find -name`
06:22		`find -newer`
23:34		`find -print0`
11:56		`find -print`
09:13		`find -type`
01:43		`find` (search files)
31:46		`locate -i` (ignore-case)
27:48		`locate` (find files by name)
11:10		`man` (show manual page)
01:11		`mount -o` (options)
00:58		`mount` (attach filesystem)
25:56		`od` (octal dump)
08:56		`sort` (put lines in order)
30:00		`touch` (change file timestamps)
30:41		`updatedb` (update locate data)
24:22		`xargs -0` (split on null)
19:58		`xargs` (build cmd from stdin)