Bash: Find files

A short, tested Bash example for find files. Copy it and adjust the names and paths for your project.

Bash

find . -name "*.log"                 # by name
find . -type f -mtime -7              # changed in the last 7 days
find . -type f -size +100M            # bigger than 100 MB
find . -name "*.tmp" -delete
find . -type f -exec grep -l "TODO" {} +

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