如何在Linux中按用户获取所有文件和目录

Question

I am trying to find all the directories and files owned by user with the following command.

find / -type d -user greg | grep -v proc

it is working fine sometimes and hanging up sometimes. Is there any performance issues associated with it or is there any better way to executing this.

Answer 1

To keep it from descending into /proc , use -prune . It's better than filtering out entries with grep -v as it'll avoid descending into /proc at all.

find / -path /proc -prune -o -type d -user greg -print

Read -o as "or". If the path is /proc , prune it, ie don't go in there. Otherwise, match directories owned by greg. (If you want files too then get rid of the -type d test.)

When you use -prune , you also have to use -print to print matches. -print 's normally implied, but using -prune changes that.