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How can I use find command to find every type of the file (not just -type f but also specials such as sockets, device files etc.) but ommiting dirs?

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Use negation.

find . ! -type d -print

Also see http://mywiki.wooledge.org/UsingFind

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You can have o look at find manual, but I doubt it is the proper way to find sockets and/or device files... I think the program to find such a device is a different one, don't remember what exactly right now, sorry!

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I'm familiar with find's manual page. There is a way to get e.g. only sockets (e.g. myusql.sock) or only regular files, but not all at once. – bass Jun 5 '12 at 10:51

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