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+====== find command ======
+Common uses
+===== Deleting old files with find command =====
+Below is an example of deleting MySQL backups older than 7 days
+<code bash>
+BACKUPLOC="/path/to/backups"
+MYSQLBACKUPLOC="$BACKUPLOC/mysql"
+find $MYSQLBACKUPLOC/backup*.sql.gz -mtime +7 -exec rm {} \;
+</code>
+Better syntax
+<code bash>
+JOBLOG="/path/to/job/log"
+find $JOBLOG/ -type f -name "rem_20*.log" -mtime +7 -delete
+</code>
+===== Deleting files with a certain extension across directories =====
+This will delete all *.txt.gzip files
+<code bash>
+find . -name "*.txt.gz" -exec rm -rf "{}" \;
+</code>
+===== Created/Modified/Accessed within the last hour =====
+<code bash>
+FILELOC="/path/to/loc"
+# Created in the last 60 minutes
+find $FILELOC -cmin -60
+# Modified in the last 60 minutes
+find $FILELOC -mmin -60
+# Accessed in the last 60 minutes
+find $FILELOC -amin -60
+</code>