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How do I find all actual files (not devices, sockets, etc) on my system that are:

I've been using this install for a while and I suspect there's been a lot of cruft, like .pacnew or leftovers from crappy AUR scripts. I want to start with an "everything" list and then use my own tools to go through that and see which ones are not needed.

If there's already a utility for finding junk files, I would accept that as well. I asked this question in a lower level form because I don't want people to yell at me in comments for the question being too vague, but I'll accept high level answers.

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