[Cialug] Help finding file?

[Tom Sellers]

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.  

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.

The box is running Ubuntu 11.04 server.  I am using it for a file server and web server.



________________________________
 From: Barry Von Ahsen <barry at vonahsen.com>
To: Central Iowa Linux Users Group <cialug at cialug.org> 
Sent: Monday, January 2, 2012 4:19 PM
Subject: Re: [Cialug] Help finding file?
 
which version of ubuntu?  if it's new-ish, I thought unity had it built
in (like on macs).  my debian box with gnome3 has it built in, the same
thing that searches for programs also searches for files (hit the
windows/super key, then start typing)


-barry



On 01/02/2012 03:37 PM, Tom Sellers wrote:
> 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.  
> 
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> 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.  
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> Surely there is a command to do this.  I just haven't been able to find it.
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