Hi all,

Is it possible to find a file on a server without knowing the file path? And when the file is found is it possible to find out the file path?

I would like to find a file by typing: find server/ -name "filename"
Instead of: find server/folder1/folder2/folder3/ -name "filename"

Can someone help me?

thanks

Find / -name “name_of_file” would work as it searches the root and down. It would also supply the absolute path within its std output.

What if I needed to direct my search at a server? Could I use the following?
Find server/ -name “name_of_file”

oh right, i see. you can use a remote shell:

rsh server find / -name "name of file"

or on HP-UX

remsh server find / -name "name of file"

hush

Hush,

The code you posted doesn't seem to work with what I'm doing.

I'm trying to go through the terminal on an OSX operating system to search on a server. Spotlight is too slow so I'm trying to find other methods of searching.

Also something I forgot to mention. I would only have the beginning portion of the files' name.

Thanks for your help!!

Snakehead

i know very little about mac's, the command must be different. I can say that if you only have a part of the file name then you can use wild cards e.g *.

http://sillydog.org/unix/tasks/defining.php