Today, we’ll show how to find files marked as executable (chmod +x) in a given directory of a linux system.

Basic syntax

find {directory} -type f -executable

Common Examples

Find all executables in current directory recursively:

find . -type f -executable

Find all executables in current directory while skipping subdirectories:

find .  -maxdepth 1 -type f -executable

Find all executables on the system (recursively):

find / -type f -executable