[Cialug] Help finding file?

[Don Ellis]

I haven't found a distro (including MacOSX) that doesn't have the find
command. And, on my Mac, I've been so disappointed with the new
version of 'Find File' (Spotlight) that I'm more likely to go to a
command line and use find to locate the file I want.

--Don Ellis


On Mon, Jan 2, 2012 at 4:19 PM, Barry Von Ahsen <barry at vonahsen.com> wrote:
> 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)
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> -barry
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> 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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