Frequent Question: How Do I Find a File in Linux Terminal?
Contents How Do I Find a File in Linux Command Line? Basic Examples Find. – Name Thisfile. Txt. If You Need to Know How to Find a File in Linux Called...
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How do I find a file in Linux command line?
Basic Examples
- find . – name thisfile.txt. If you need to know how to find a file in Linux called thisfile. …
- find /home -name *.jpg. Look for all . jpg files in the /home and directories below it.
- find . – type f -empty. Look for an empty file inside the current directory.
- find /home -user randomperson-mtime 6 -iname “.db”
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How do I find a file on Linux?
To use locate, open a terminal and type locate followed by the file name you are looking for. In this example, I’m searching for files that contain the word ‘sunny’ in their name. Locate can also tell you how many times a search keyword is matched in the database.
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