find

find files by size
Find limit search depth
Find files older than X minutes

Find Inside File

find ./ -type f -name '*.*' -exec grep 'STRING_TO_FIND_HERE' {} \; -print

Or

grep -rnw '/path/' -e "STRING_TO_FIND_HERE"

-r = recursive
-n = show line number
-w = whole word only (you can omit this if you need a partial match).

grep -irl "STRING_TO_FIND_HERE"

Files changed in the last 1 day

find /path -mtime -1 -ls

-1 = changed in last 24 hours
+1 = changed earlier than 24 hours. Useful to find older files.

Delete files older than x days

To delete files older than 30 days, run

find /path/ -type f -mtime +30 -exec rm -f {} \;

If you need to delete a particular type of file, say .log files, use

find /path/ -type f -mtime +30 -name "*.log" -exec rm -f {} \;

Instead of “-exec rm -f {} \;”, find support -delete option

find /path/ -type f -mtime +30 -name "*.log" -delete
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