Q. How do I search Linux box for a file?
A. You need to use find command, which search for files in a directory hierarchy (file system) and prints information about the files it found. It is run like as follows:
find {dir-name} -name {file-name}
Find command examples
Find out file called foo.txt:
# find / -name foo.txt
Find out httpd.log file:
# find / -type f -name httpd.log
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Make it more easy. i did not understan nothing. can you tell people simply things? I still doo not know who you areß what are you dooing? nothing is that what you want? think abaut. Young People may know this, but what abaut the 50-60 generation.
Obvious, but still pretty funny… *and* you fell for it. Didn’t you think it was a bit odd he could spell “generation” but not “do”?? Uh, herr-o?
If you can’t construct a sentence Dr M Barmann, you shouldn’t even bother.
The answer is simple enough to understand although the Doc’s comment isn’t. Thanks for the tip.
I have a new freespire program and like it , but I do have issues , I can not seam to get my lexmark x3550 printer to work the soft ware disk will not run , an other issue is the yahoo messanger I get is yahoo beta I would like the stanard messager 10 , the last issue is I can not find the clock , thank you for your time bob
I still can not find the clock on freespire
Thanks for this command. It was quite useful.
Exactly what i was looking for! thanks!
Please step away from the linux server. You will crash the box and hurt yourself. Call your grandkids they will help you.
Thanks for the chuckle…..