<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt"><div><span>Well, I got all kinds of responses on that one! Thanks to all who have responded. I will poke around using several of them and see which one works best for me. </span></div><div><br><span></span></div><div><span>I did try the locate command already and it errored with some error about there being no database. That is probably not set up since I loaded the server and likely didn't get all the options going that you experts do.</span></div><div><br><span></span></div><div><span>The box is running Ubuntu 11.04 server. I am using it for a file server and web server.<br></span></div><div><br></div> <div style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <font face="Arial" size="2">
<hr size="1"> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">From:</span></b> Barry Von Ahsen <barry@vonahsen.com><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> Central Iowa Linux Users Group <cialug@cialug.org> <br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Monday, January 2, 2012 4:19 PM<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> Re: [Cialug] Help finding file?<br> </font> <br>
which version of ubuntu? if it's new-ish, I thought unity had it built<br>in (like on macs). my debian box with gnome3 has it built in, the same<br>thing that searches for programs also searches for files (hit the<br>windows/super key, then start typing)<br><br><br>-barry<br><br><br><br>On 01/02/2012 03:37 PM, Tom Sellers wrote:<br>> What is the Ubuntu linux command to locate a file anywhere on the disk? I need to have it search the whole directory structure not just the current directory for the file. <br>> <br>> <br>> If I use find by itself it lists all directory items but it I list the file name after the find command it only seems to search the local directory and tells me that it is not there. <br>> <br>> <br>> Surely there is a command to do this. I just haven't been able to find it.<br>> <br>> <br>> <br>> <br>> _______________________________________________<br>> Cialug
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