ProgrammingB52
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I am trying to find files. I have the file names and tried a find . -name in root. The files weren't in root and I dont know what directories to search. Is there a way I can search them all?
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KenCunningham
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The
find . -name <filename>
should search all directories in root and beyond, including all subdirectories/filesystems. Perhaps the files aren't actually there. You could also try a
find . -name '*part_of_name*'
in case your filenames aren't quite correct. HTH.
find . -name <filename>
should search all directories in root and beyond, including all subdirectories/filesystems. Perhaps the files aren't actually there. You could also try a
find . -name '*part_of_name*'
in case your filenames aren't quite correct. HTH.
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A full search of your hard disk may take a while, but it will certainly find a filename if you want to.
You could speed the search a bit by specifying to search only filenames (as opposed to filenames, devices, directory names, etc..)
You could speed the search a bit by specifying to search only filenames (as opposed to filenames, devices, directory names, etc..)
Code:
cd /
find . -type f -name "*filename*"- Status
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