Finding files in linux and then doing something with that information (locate, find, updatedb, exec)

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Published on September 23, 2022 10:01:07 PM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1_eFB5n_-ls

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Let us find those files you may need to change. Config files, files altered by accident, or maybe even files intentionally corrupted. Once we find them you can then take action against them.

Commands
1 clear
2 locate conf
3 locate conf$
4 locate -r conf$
5 locate -r conf$ | grep amazon
6 locate -r conf$ | grep -i aws
7 locate -r conf$ | grep my
8 pwd
9 touch my.conf
10 locate -r conf$ | grep my
11 updatedb
12 ls -ltra /var/lib/mlocate/
13 sudo ls -ltra /var/lib/mlocate/
14 sudo updatedb
15 set -o vi
16 locate -r conf$ | grep my
17 locate conf | wc -l
18 locate -r conf$ | wc -l
19 locate -r conf$ | cups
20 sudo yum install cups
21 locate -r conf$ | cups
22 locate -r conf$ | grep cups
23 sudo updatedb
24 locate -r conf$ | grep cups
25 sudo find / -name "*.conf"
26 sudo find / -name "*.conf" | wc -l
27 locate -r conf$ | wc -l
28 sudo find / -name "*.conf" | -size +2k
29 sudo find / -name "*.conf" -size +2k
30 sudo find / -name "*.conf" -size +2k -mtime +30
31 sudo find / -name "*.conf" -size +2k -mtime +90
32 sudo find / -name "*.conf" -size +2k -mtime +5
33 sudo find / -name "*.conf" -mtime +5
34 sudo find / -name "*.conf" -size +2k
35 sudo find / -name "*.conf" -size +2k | wc -l
36 sudo find / -name "*.conf" -size +2k -exec ls -ltrah {} \;