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I know I can search with the KDE search function, but how would I search for a file if I did not know what directory it was located in? I was looking for 'xorg.conf'. I went into bash and typed 'whereis xorg.conf' but it returned "xorg". The file turned out to be in 'etc/X11'. I guess a bash command that would open the lost file would work, but is there a way to get bash to tell you the full path?
The locate command uses a database catalog that is rebuilt nightly. Unless your files are newer than a day or so, you should be able to use locate. It is much faster than the find command. Find is great for finding files that have been newly added.
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