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Re: Finding all user files



Stephan Engelke said:

>Hi,
>
>Brian Clark writes:
>>
>> Can someone show me a way that I can find all files on a system belonging
>> to a specific user or group on a given system?
>
>Short answer:  man find  :-)
>
>Long  answer:  find / -group <groupname> -print
>Long  answer:  find / -user  <username>  -print
>
>> I've tried to find this out on my own, but I'm having trouble figuring out
>> what it is exactly that I'm looking for. :-)
>
>find(1) is your friend.


That's what I call support. Whoever said Linux was an `unsupported operating system' is insane.

Much obliged, thanks!

Brian


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