Find

Examples of find command

• sudo find / -type d -iname "gasper" - search direcotry
• sudo find /etc -type f -name "*.conf" - display all configuration files, for more percison you should | into grep.
• sudo find / -iname "*~" -exec rm -i {} \; - remove all files with ~ in name
• sudo find / -type f -size +100M - find files larger than 100MB
• sudo find / -type f -size +100M -exec ls -lh {} \; - find files larger than 100MB and list them
• sudo find / -type f -size +100M -exec ls -lh {} \; | awk '{print $9 ": " $5}' - find files larger than 100MB and list them with size
• sudo find / -type f -size +100M -exec ls -lh {} \; | awk '{print $9 ": " $5}' | fzf - find files larger than 100MB and list them with size and select one with fzf

You can also add size flag to narrow down results to expected filesize. Other useful flags: user, group.