Searching, features of files, folders

How to find a file
At the terminal type
$\framebox{ \texttt{ \textcolor{red}{\bf find -name \lq\lq FILENAME.EXTENTION'' -print} } }$
How to know what files are in the Trash
At the terminal type
$\framebox{ \texttt{ \textcolor{red}{\bf ls /.Trash} } }$
How to know the properties of folders/file

$\framebox{ \texttt{ \textcolor{red}{\bf du -h FOLDERNAME} } }$
$\framebox{ \texttt{ \textcolor{red}{\bf du -sh *} } }$ (this would tell me the used space)
to know the free space of a disk (for example a USB one)
$\framebox{ \texttt{ \textcolor{red}{\bf df 'path.to.the.folder'} } }$

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