# Fun with Find

## Find the total size of certain files within a directory branch

```bash
find <path> -type f -iname '*-bin*' -exec du -ch {} +
```

---

## Find files larger than...  


### 100M:  


```bash
find . -type f -size +100000k -exec ls -lh {} \; | awk '{ print $9 ": " $5 }'
```

### 1G:  


```bash
find . -type f -size +1000000k -exec ls -lh {} \; | awk '{ print $9 ": " $5 }'
```

...and so on...

---

## Find, archive and purge old files

```bash
# Find disk space used by logfiles older that 360 days
find /var/log/hbase -type f -iname "*log*" -mtime +360 -exec du -ch {} +

# Archive those files to another location
find /var/log/hbase -type f -iname "*log*" -mtime +360 -print0 | xargs -0 tar cfz /tmp/hbase-logs.tgz

# Delete the original files
find /var/log/hbase -type f -iname "*log*" -mtime +360 -delete
```

Replace `hbase` with the log directory you want to search.  If you don't need to save the archives anywhere, skip step two.

[Reference](https://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/linux-unix-find-tar-files-into-tarball-command/)