Find files modified in the last two days
find / -mtime 2 -o -ctime 2
files
Search for files bigger than 10Mb
find / –size +10000000c –printf “%15s %pn”
Find all world writable directories / files
find / -perm -0002 –type d -print find / -perm -0002 –type f -print
Get only different lines from 2 files using diff (line by line comparison)
diff –changed-group-format=“%>” –unchanged-group-format=“” file1 file2
Find all files created or updated in the last five minutes
Note Great for finding effects of make install find / -cmin -5