hello there !

I am in my current working directory, and i want search a file in "dev" directory which is under root(/), but i donot want leave my current working directory.

is it possible to find file like that ?

let us say i am in /home/bin/user/malik/abid directory and i want find a file "testing" which is in "bin" directory.

what should i give command on my pwd to fine file in bin directory.

any suggestion will be appriciated.

Thanks
Abid Malik

Read the man page on the find command. No matter where you are, you can find files in other directories (searching all sub-directories)


NAME
find - find files

SYNOPSIS
find path... expression

DESCRIPTION
The find utility recursively descends the directory hierar-
chy for each path seeking files that match a Boolean expres-
sion written in the primaries given below.

Try

find /bin -name testing 2>/dev/null