[Cialug] Help finding file?

[Josh More]

It's worth noting that, while "find" is on every *nix system I've
used, "find -iname" is not.  I believe that that that option, like
"grep -i" is a GNU extension.

Just so people aren't surprised when things fail on that HPUX box that
they're suddenly required to administer.

-Josh

On Mon, Jan 2, 2012 at 4:48 PM, Don Ellis <don.ellis at gmail.com> wrote:
> I haven't found a distro (including MacOSX) that doesn't have the find
> command. And, on my Mac, I've been so disappointed with the new
> version of 'Find File' (Spotlight) that I'm more likely to go to a
> command line and use find to locate the file I want.
>
> --Don Ellis
>
>
> On Mon, Jan 2, 2012 at 4:19 PM, Barry Von Ahsen <barry at vonahsen.com> wrote:
>> which version of ubuntu?  if it's new-ish, I thought unity had it built
>> in (like on macs).  my debian box with gnome3 has it built in, the same
>> thing that searches for programs also searches for files (hit the
>> windows/super key, then start typing)
>>
>>
>> -barry
>>
>>
>>
>> On 01/02/2012 03:37 PM, Tom Sellers wrote:
>>> What is the Ubuntu linux command to locate a file anywhere on the disk?  I need to have it search the whole directory structure not just the current directory for the file.
>>>
>>>
>>> If I use find by itself it lists all directory items but it I list the file name after the find command it only seems to search the local directory and tells me that it is not there.
>>>
>>>
>>> Surely there is a command to do this.  I just haven't been able to find it.
>>>
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