Linux Command Line tutorial for forensics – 27 – locate & find

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Difficulty Level: Beginner
Prerequisites: basic understanding of linux command line.

In this video, we will look at the commands to help you find files.

Video timeline
00:00 intro
00:15 locate
01:11 updatedb
02:45 which
03:38 find
06:12 find -name with wildcards
06:45 find -size
07:22 find -exec
09:53 find | cpio
11:07 find -mtime/-atime
11:48 find -o
12:44 recap

️ For other videos about the Linux command line, see other videos in this series: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLSbhiuoC0XgX70ZtgJ7d-1rLui0jZRabg

Linux distro:
CAINE linux (http://www.caine-live.net)

Virtualization software:
Virtual Box (http://virtualbox.org)

This course was designed to provide information on how to use the command line environment in a Unix/Linux system to accomplish tasks such as imaging, data acquisition, and archiving. This course covers the basics of Unix/Linux commands that allow users to view and edit text files, obtain hardware and system information, partitioning and formatting, process related commands, manipulating disks and partitions, imaging, archiving, logical acquisition, live system response, and basic networking.

This would be beneficial for folks who are interested in digital forensics, incidence response, system administration, ethical hacking, or just plain linux. This course covers material for beginners as well as for advanced users. This course would also be helpful if you are considering taking the CompTIA Linux+ certification test.

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