Find files by name:
# find /etc -name ntp* /etc/ntp /etc/ntp/ntp.keys /etc/ntp.conf
Find files modified in the last 3 days:
# find /etc -mtime -3 /etc /etc/cron.d /etc/cron.d/FIFO /etc/dfs /etc/dfs/dfstab /etc/dfs/sharetab
Find files by inode - Good for finding hard-linked files:
# ls -li /etc/init.d/volmgt 1456 -rwxr--r-- 6 root sys 391 Mar 18 2004 /etc/init.d/volmgt # find /etc -inum 1456 /etc/init.d/volmgt /etc/rc0.d/K05volmgt /etc/rc1.d/K05volmgt /etc/rc2.d/K05volmgt /etc/rc3.d/S81volmgt /etc/rcS.d/K05volmgt
Find files containing certain text:
# find /etc -type f -exec grep apache {} +
Find files by size:
# find /export/home -size +100000000c /export/home/scott/sol-9/sol-9-905hw-ga-sparc-v1.iso /export/home/scott/sol-9/sol-9-905hw-ga-sparc-v2.iso