searching of file

[mohit khandelwal]

i want to search a file then how could i search.
please tell me the command

[prasadb]

hi mohit,

user find command.

e.g., if you want to find a file named xyz at the root ..

then

#find / -name xyz -print

do man find , for more details.

[Steven Schweda]

> i want to search a file [...]

Do you want to search _for_ a file, or do you
want to search for something _in_ a file?

"man find" or "man grep", depending.

[Md. Farhan A Azam]

hi,

#find / -name {File Name}

[sujit kumar singh]

Hi


finding a file starting the search from the /

#find / -name


finding a file starting the search from the any other directory say /tmp


#find /tmp -name


Regards


Sujit

[Md. Farhan A Azam]

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