can i search for files from the console?

Chooco · 06-03-2002, 01:31 AM

i have always wondered if i could do this. you can open konqueror or whatever and select find file from one of those menus but can i do it from the console? i'm trying to learn Linux through console with xinit up (just learned that

) and i want to find some stuff of mine because i'm really really new to Linux.
so far i have tried "search (file name)" and "find (filename)" but it always says "no such command 'search'" or "no such command 'find'"

is there a command?

mimi · 06-03-2002, 01:46 AM

try " man find" it will help you how to use find command.let me give you an example:
>find /tmp -name "*.jpg"

mimi

sakeeb · 06-03-2002, 01:47 AM

You can use "find" command to seach for a file. find program usually locates in /bin or /usr/bin. make sure these are in your PATH

you can also use locate

see >
man locate
man find

t_sundaramurthy · 06-03-2002, 04:20 AM

You can use "find" command to seach for a file. find program usually locates in /bin or /usr/bin.

You can use this command like this

find -name <filename>

sundar

Chooco · 06-03-2002, 04:30 AM

ah man i screwed up big time

i type this command in:
[shawn@linux.shawnserver.dhs.org]$ find / *kde*

and it starts rattling off just TONS of stuff, it's still going lol

MasterC · 06-03-2002, 07:53 AM

If you do something like that again, and it isn't what you wanted you can always type CTRL+c and it will stop whatever it was doing and return you to a prompt.

Chooco · 06-03-2002, 08:17 AM

i think that search crashed my computer. when i returned to it about an hour later, it asked me to log in again.......strange.

cannonfodder · 06-03-2002, 01:53 PM

The nicest way to find files in the console (fastest) is the locate command mentioned earlier..

su
locate -u <- rebuilds the files database

locate opera

Will locate all instances of files with opera in the file or folder name.

Read the man locate for options such as skipping fat32 volumes or starting locate from a specific path.

You can setup locate to run automatically or manually su and locate -u anytime

I tend to do that after I've installed a lot of software and am looking for files.

sakeeb · 06-04-2002, 03:31 AM

Actually the "find file" menu of gnome and kde uses find programs. so you can also use it to find a file in console.

to find a file named foo.c in the subdirectory of /home/sak use

find /home/sak -name foo.c

also you can use wild cards

find /home/sak -name f*.c

for more help see "man foo" and "info foo"

shassouneh · 06-04-2002, 04:06 AM

LOL sakeeb. Don't you mean "man find" and "info find" ?

sakeeb · 06-04-2002, 04:32 AM

sorry i meant what did you say

thanx

Chooco · 06-04-2002, 08:30 AM

i wonder if there is one "man boobs"

kahuna · 06-04-2002, 08:38 AM

If the program is in your path, you can use the which command, and you will get the full path. Not as useful as find or locate if you do not know if you can execute the program or not, but good if you need to know the full path for scripts.

$which bash
/bin/bash

shassouneh · 06-04-2002, 12:24 PM

how about "man whore"?
LOL everybody. Just kiding. No offense