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Find a file by name

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find /var/www/vhosts -iname '*wp-config*' 2>/dev/null

Searches the path including all subfolders for entries whose name contains the term. -iname ignores case, the asterisks allow any characters before and after. Permission errors are hidden.

Note: To find only files add -type f, only directories -type d.

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Calculate the total size of all files of one type

$find /var/www/vhosts/example.com/httpdocs/wp-content/uploads -type f -iname '*.mp4' -printf '%s\n' | awk '{s+=$1; n++} END {printf "%d Dateien, %.1f MB\n", n, s/1048576}'
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Copy a file

$cp -ip -- /var/www/vhosts/example.com/httpdocs/.htaccess /var/www/vhosts/example.com/private/htaccess-copy
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Create a dated backup copy of a file

$cp -p -- /var/www/vhosts/example.com/httpdocs/.htaccess /var/www/vhosts/example.com/httpdocs/.htaccess.bak-$(date +%F-%H%M)
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Delete a file

$rm -i -- /var/www/vhosts/example.com/httpdocs/old.zip
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Delete empty directories recursively

$find /var/www/vhosts/example.com/httpdocs -mindepth 1 -type d -empty -print -delete
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Delete files older than X days

$find /var/backups/example.com -type f -name '*.tar.gz' -mtime +30 -print -delete
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