ls entire subdirectory tree

snocked · 03-03-2003, 02:55 PM

How would I list one file in the entire /usr subdirectory tree named needle from /usr? This file is 3 levels deep, but I don't know it's location. I need to know how to do this from a command line.

I know I'd use ls and a wildcard, but I know there's more I'm missing.

Thanks in advance.

Mara · 03-03-2003, 02:57 PM

'locate filename' ?

snocked · 03-03-2003, 03:07 PM

warning: locate: could not open database: /var/lib/slocate/slocate.db: No such file or directory

Hmm, I just installed Slackware too.

jkrohn · 03-03-2003, 03:16 PM

Run updatedb as root to create the databse. I would also reccomend to setup a cron job to keep the database up to date.

As far as locating the file, are you looking for its complete path? Or just to verify its existence.

Mara · 03-03-2003, 03:17 PM

'slocate -u' to create the database. Do it. It's useful.

moses · 03-03-2003, 06:43 PM

locate is better, but for one-time use:

find /usr -name filename

(this is very slow)

RMLinux · 07-27-2006, 08:29 PM

try to use ls | grep [filename]
or whereis [filename]