Overview of 'find' comamnd
The unix command 'find' can find files and folders in a given folder's hierarchy based on name , regular expression of name with or without case-sensitivity, size range, date range of modification time, creation time or access time etc. After it zeroes in on the files/folders with required attributes it can be asked to run commands on it like ls, rm etc.
We will start with a few basic examples and then explore all the advanced options that 'find' provides in the next few pages.