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I was trying to search a file which is 1033 bytes size. After half hour googling I find a command which show all file name and size inside the current directory. 

find -printf 'Name: %16f Size: %6s\n'

How %16f and %6s show the name and file size?

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I was trying to search a file which is 1033 bytes size.

You can say:

find . -type f -size 1033c

%f and %s are directives for the printf option:

 %f File's name with any leading directories removed (only the last element). %s File's size in bytes.

Saying %16f would pad the filename; be warned that the output might be truncated if the filename exceeds 16 characters.

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oh! this is unlike C. I thought I was to pass those data. thanks
Is there a type directive exists??
-type is referred to as a predicate.
Maybe try reading the manual page? @ShinTakezou's answer has a good link.

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