Linux/Unix find command examples

find-tutorial.sh

# Usage: combined with rm / cp / xargs / ... using pipe

# Find files with specific name e.g. foo and print them 
find . -name "foo" -print

# Find files with specific types e.g. directories
find . -type d -print

# Find files under specific path e.g ~/foo/
find . -path "~/foo/*" -print

# Examples

# Copy a npm package repository
# Do not copy: 
# 1. .cache/
# 2. node_modules/ - local packages
# 3. public/  (build output)
find . -maxdepth 1 ! -name ".cache" ! -path "./node_modules" ! -path "./public"  ! -path "."  -print0 | xargs -0 -I {} cp -rvf {} ~/dest/

find . -type d \( -path dir1 -o -path dir2 -o -path dir3 \) -prune -false -o -name '*.txt'

More use cases: http://www.theunixschool.com/2012/07/find-command-15-examples-to-exclude.html

see https://stackoverflow.com/questions/4210042/how-to-exclude-a-directory-in-find-command