find out the file !!!!

[abhijeet_7]

Hello gurus,
i want to search for a file which i don't know
where is located( i have lost its path)

also i want to search for a file belonging to
a user browsing all the directories.
It must browse all directories & should display its path.

How can it be done?
Thanks & Regards

ABHI K

[Ravi_8]

Hi,

#find / -name -print

[RAC_1]

man find

find /all_dirs_one_by_one -type f -name "File_name"

find /all_dirs_one_by_one -user "user_id"

Anil

[abhijeet_7]

Anil,
thanx!!

but do u mean to say
i should type "/all_dirs_one_by_one"
at the prompt?

Awaiting reply,
ABHI K

[Stefan Schulz]

Hi,

if you know the exact filename just do:

find / -tpye f -name "filename" -print

If you search for a special file owned by a special user expand the above command to:

find / -type f -name "filename" -user "userid" -print

This will search through all files on your server and also on every mounted filesystem. Be careful this can take very long.

Do a man find for all the options of this command.

Hope this helps

Stefan

[HGN]

Hi

You can use the find command like

find / -name -print (* is if you are not sure of the name)

Rgds

HGN

[RAC_1]

No you do not type that. you do it for all mount points you have. running it on / can cause cpu hog.
e.g.

find /home -type f -name "file_name"
Will look for the file "file_name" in /home

Anil