How can I find files that only have certain permission for owner?

Question

I would like to find files only by a certain user's permission. For example, if I want to find a file that I have full permission.

I may do something like:

find . -user $(whoami) -perm 

But what should I put after -perm if I want to ignore the permission of root and other users.

Answer 1

Start with:

find /path/to/file -user user1 -perm -u+rwx

This means: look for files starting in /path/to/files, owned by user1, where the permissions for group and other can be anything (- in front of the permission string) and the users permissions are only: rwx

To search for files only (no directories) then add -type f.

Also, try some reading. This has great examples: Find tutorial