search for a file in linux partition
 

how can i search for a particular file in the linux partition at once rather than going one by one folder

search from the root partition where you want to start. for example, if you want to start from /, do:

find / -iname <filename>

to search in /etc:

find /etc -iname <filename>

etc. :p

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p.s. if you update the database regularly (updatedb), you can do locate instead -- it's much faster:

locate <filename>

To go from the current directory down:

find . -name 'filename'

(I'm not sure about that 'iname' thing. Is that a typo? Never mind. Looked it up. Case insensitive search.)

I always single quote the thing I am searching for.

edit: Don't forget you can use wildcards 'text*', '*text*', 'text[a-z]', etc....