What Is the Command to Find a Directory in Linux?
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The “find” command allows you to search for files for which you know the approximate filenames. The simplest form of the command searches for files in the current directory and recursively through its subdirectories that match the supplied search criteria.

How do I search for a directory in Linux?

How to check if a directory exists in Linux

  1. One can check if a directory exists in a Linux shell script using the following syntax: [ -d “/path/dir/” ] && echo “Directory /path/dir/ exists.”
  2. You can use ! to check if a directory does not exists on Unix: [ ! -d “/dir1/” ] && echo “Directory /dir1/ DOES NOT exists.”

How do I find a directory in Unix?

You need to use the find command on a Linux or Unix-like system to search through directories for files.
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Syntax

  1. -name file-name – Search for given file-name. …
  2. -iname file-name – Like -name, but the match is case insensitive. …
  3. -user userName – The file’s owner is userName.
Marcus Vance

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Marcus Vance is a cybersecurity auditor and technology writer dedicated to educating the public about online safety, data privacy regulations, enterprise security, and emerging cyber threats.

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