to find a file in set of directories

jazz · #1 (**permalink**) 11-16-2005

Hi,

what is the command in unix to find a file abc.c in a directory which had n number of sub-directories.

thanx

ashterix · #2 (**permalink**) 11-16-2005

$ find /dir -name abc.c -print

iwbasts · #3 (**permalink**) 11-16-2005

You go to the root directory

command :

find . -name filename

for example I want to find the find abc.c

cd /
find . -name abc.*

jazz · #4 (**permalink**) 11-16-2005

thanku... got the solution

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