cheat sheets.

To execute a command on every file/dir
$ find [expression..] -exec [command..] '{}' \;

Example: find all files/dirs named CVS and delete them:
$ find -name CVS -exec rm -Rf '{}' \;

Example: find all files containing a string:
$ find * -exec grep -l '<string>' {} \;

To search only on the given directory:
$ find [directory..] -maxdepth 1

Example: find all directories modified in the past day and permission 755:
$ find . -type d -mtime 1 -perm 755