[TOOL_PROFILE]
gfind
find
GNU find for locating files by name, type, time, and predicates.
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[USE_WHEN]ALLOW
- ✓ Locate files by filesystem metadata
[AVOID_WHEN]BLOCK
- ✕ fd is available and simple name matching is enough
[GUARDRAILS]MANDATORY
- ⚠ Print matches before deleting or executing commands over them.
- ⚠ On Windows, plain find.exe is usually not GNU find; prefer fd unless gfind is installed.
[DETAILS]RAW_META
- Binary
- gfind
- Effects
- read_files, write_files
- Documentation
- https://www.gnu.org/software/findutils/manual/
[SIMILAR_TOOLS]03