locate – Tarik Billa

How can I find a file/directory that could be anywhere on linux command line? [closed]

January 21, 2023 by Tarik

“Unfortunately this seems to only check the current directory, not the entire folder”. Presumably you mean it doesn’t look in subdirectories. To fix this, use find -name “filename” If the file in question is not in the current working directory, you can search your entire machine via find / -name “filename” This also works with … Read more

Find all files with name containing string [closed]

November 26, 2022 by Tarik

Use find: find . -maxdepth 1 -name “*string*” -print It will find all files in the current directory (delete maxdepth 1 if you want it recursive) containing “string” and will print it on the screen. If you want to avoid file containing ‘:’, you can type: find . -maxdepth 1 -name “*string*” ! -name “*:*” … Read more