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How to find executables

rated 0 times [ 14] [ 0] / answers: 1 / hits: 12162 / 1 Year ago, thu, march 2, 2023, 2:16:37

I know there is a find switch. but I want to know how to search a specific type of file. For example I need kind of terminal command which search for only executable files.

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answered 1 Year ago icielight · Accepted Answer

This should do what you want:

find . -perm -u+x -type f

If you want to find everything that could possibly be executable, you could look at mime-types or file output. That would be counter-productive though since you couldn't possibly catch every script.

References:

The man page

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