TL;DW

# find with grep
# + concatinates results and runs the command once, faster
find . -name "*.txt" -exec grep -l "somename" '{}' '+'

# run a command for each result individually
find . -name "*.txt" -exec basename '{}' \';' |  column

# case insensitive
find -iname "SoMeNaMe.TxT

# file or dir
find -type f
find -type d

# define file owner
find -user Bob

# define file group
find -group wheel

# by permission
find -perm 777

# find by size
find -size +1G
  • Fonzie!
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    17 months ago

    You’re giving all your data to your VPN company, though

      • Fonzie!
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        17 months ago

        And give no personal information? Like Mullvad? That is an improvement.

        • boredsquirrelOP
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          7 months ago

          Yup. Also their VPN app on Linux is better than what KDE and GNOME have. Poorly. They hook into it very intensely, early boot blocking via a systemd service and all.