searching command

johnsonkv91 · 05-15-2012, 12:49 AM

Hi

I want to search for a folder, but i don't know the exact location of that folder. how can i find out.

Thanks
Johnson

pan64 · 05-15-2012, 01:01 AM

this is the command locate I think.

catkin · 05-15-2012, 04:21 AM

Code:

find / -type d -iname 'name of your folder optionally including wild cards'

If you run that as a normal user there will be places it cannot look which result in error messages so discard them with

Code:

find / -type d -iname 'name of your folder optionally including wild cards' 2>/dev/null

If the folder is under your home directory then quicker to use

Code:

find ~ -type d -iname 'name of your folder optionally including wild cards'

XavierP · 05-19-2012, 03:42 PM

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