find --help

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find --help
BusyBox v1.35.0 (2022-11-19 10:13:10 UTC) multi-call binary.
Usage: find [-HL] [PATH]... [OPTIONS] [ACTIONS]

Search for files and perform actions on them.
First failed action stops processing of current file.
Defaults: PATH is current directory, action is '-print'

	-L,-follow	Follow symlinks
	-H		...on command line only
	-xdev		Don't descend directories on other filesystems
	-maxdepth N	Descend at most N levels. -maxdepth 0 applies
			actions to command line arguments only
	-mindepth N	Don't act on first N levels
	-depth		Act on directory *after* traversing it

Actions:
	( ACTIONS )	Group actions for -o / -a
	! ACT		Invert ACT's success/failure
	ACT1 [-a] ACT2	If ACT1 fails, stop, else do ACT2
	ACT1 -o ACT2	If ACT1 succeeds, stop, else do ACT2
			Note: -a has higher priority than -o
	-name PATTERN	Match file name (w/o directory name) to PATTERN
	-iname PATTERN	Case insensitive -name
	-path PATTERN	Match path to PATTERN
	-ipath PATTERN	Case insensitive -path
	-regex PATTERN	Match path to regex PATTERN
	-type X		File type is X (one of: f,d,l,b,c,s,p)
	-executable	File is executable
	-perm MASK	At least one mask bit (+MASK), all bits (-MASK),
			or exactly MASK bits are set in file's mode
	-mtime DAYS	mtime is greater than (+N), less than (-N),
			or exactly N days in the past
	-atime DAYS	atime +N/-N/N days in the past
	-ctime DAYS	ctime +N/-N/N days in the past
	-mmin MINS	mtime is greater than (+N), less than (-N),
			or exactly N minutes in the past
	-newer FILE	mtime is more recent than FILE's
	-inum N		File has inode number N
	-user NAME/ID	File is owned by given user
	-group NAME/ID	File is owned by given group
	-size N[bck]	File size is N (c:bytes,k:kbytes,b:512 bytes(def.))
			+/-N: file size is bigger/smaller than N
	-links N	Number of links is greater than (+N), less than (-N),
			or exactly N
	-empty		Match empty file/directory
	-prune		If current file is directory, don't descend into it
If none of the following actions is specified, -print is assumed
	-print		Print file name
	-print0		Print file name, NUL terminated
	-exec CMD ARG ;	Run CMD with all instances of {} replaced by
			file name. Fails if CMD exits with nonzero
	-exec CMD ARG + Run CMD with {} replaced by list of file names
	-delete		Delete current file/directory. Turns on -depth option
	-quit		Exit




find, find ., ls, findmnt, locate, -mindepth, -name, -delete

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