Find and delete files in linux

Remove files and directories

find . -name "FILE-TO-FIND" -exec rm -rf {} \;

Remove only files

find . -type f -name "FILE-TO-FIND" -exec rm -f {} \;

Find files older then 10 days

find /var/log -mtime +10

Find files older then 30 min

find /tmp -mmin +30

Remove files older then X days

find /path/* -mtime +5 -exec rm {} \;

Find and move files

find ~/projects/* -mtime +14 -exec mv {} ~/old_projects/ \;

Recursively Search All Files For A String:

cd /path/to/dir
find . -type f -exec grep -l "word" {} +
find . -type f -exec grep -l "seting" {} +
find . -type f -exec grep -l "foo" {} +