Operation not permitted using Find in macOS Terminal

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This is a lead-up to my main question here (Fully uninstall Norton from mac)
I get "Operation not permitted" when running "sudo find" in terminal on macOS.
I have given terminal Full Disk Access in System Preferences, Security & Privacy.
Here is the command I run:
% sudo find / -name "norton" >> norton.txt
It returns some files and directories into the .txt file, but I get two screens full of Operation not permitted errors, mostly in /System/Volumes/Data/private/var/folders/
Why is this happening?  How do I fix it?

JMY1000 · Answer

macOS restricts Terminal access to certain parts of the disk by default. You can disable this one of two ways:

Go to System Preferences > Security & Privacy and give Full Disk Access to Terminal.
Turn of System Integrity Protection (not generally recommended.) This disables full protection for system-related items on the disk, as well as some other protections including restricted access via Terminal.

Operation not permitted using Find in macOS Terminal

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