Related utilities #

There are many tools that can be used to find files. This is a catalogue of some of the most important/interesting ones.

find-compatible #

System find implementations #

These find implementations are commonly installed as the system find utility in UNIX-like operating systems:

• GNU findutils (manual, source)
• BSD find
  • FreeBSD find (manual, source)
  • OpenBSD find (manual, source)
  • NetBSD find (manual, source)
• macOS find (manual, source)
• Solaris find
  • Illumos find (manual, source)

Alternative find implementations #

These are not usually installed as the system find, but are designed to be find-compatible

• bfs (manual, source)
• schilytools sfind (source)
• BusyBox find (manual, source)
• ToyBox find (manual, source)
• Heirloom Project find (manual, source)
• uutils find (source)

find alternatives #

These utilities are not find-compatible, but serve a similar purpose:

• fd: A simple, fast and user-friendly alternative to 'find'
• locate
  • GNU locate
  • mlocate (manual, source)
  • plocate (manual, source)
• walk: Plan 9 style utilities to replace find(1)
• fselect: Find files with SQL-like queries
• rawhide: find files using pretty C expressions