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[airedale]

I forgot the command for searching... could someone please tell me how to look for a specific file?

[mka]

Use the locate command.

Before you do, update the database as root.

# updatedb (should work)

Then use locate and pipe it into more since many times you will get listings scrolling off the screen.

$ locate <portion of filename> | more

And the name airedale......reminds me U.S. naval aviation.

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[airedale]

thanks for the quick reply

Airedale is actually the breed of my dog - just thought I would let you know! http://www.linuxnewbie.org/ubb/wink.gif

[teeitup]

"locate" is usually the best for finding commands.

There is the find command that will seach anywhere you tell it. Takes longer but can find strings of charcters if need be.

find / -name "string" -print

be carefull of searching root as the above example shows. It will search every file system mounted. If you mount network shares this can take a loooooong time.




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[klamath]

If you mount network shares this can take a loooooong time.


No kidding - I was working at a place running Solaris, connecting to a NetApp. The admin was doing some FS maintainence, and some of the `find` commands took ~24-48 hours each.

You can also try 'whereis', although I usually just use 'locate'.

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