Today I Learnt: Find files with find

Find files by name:

find . -name "*.log"

Find and delete empty files:

find . -type f -empty -delete

Tip: combine with -exec or -print0 | xargs -0 for safe handling of spaces.

title: "Today I Learnt: Find files with find" date: "2025-09-16" tags: ["bash", "til"] draft: false summary: "Search for files by name or type."

Find files named 'config.json' from current dir:

find . -type f -name 'config.json'