UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

Please let me know which command and its format to use to search for a file.

Windows provides a find option but i would like to know the equivalent in UNIX.

for example i need to search for a file called uv.config and where exactly it is located in a unix server.

TIA.

find <start_location> -name "pattern"

here's a couple quick examples:

find . -name "*.txt" (this will return all text files it finds starting in the current directory and going through all subdirectories)

find / -name "*.xml" (this will find all xml files starting from root directory).

man find for more details on the other options.

if you make a search in the above button, you will get whole bunch of topics and sufficient information on using find in Unix.

try this link http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002...SD_Basics.html

http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002...SD_Basics.html

1: cd /
2: find . -name "uv.config"

Line 1 takes you to base directory
Line 2 searches anywhere below current (which is base direectory) for any files which are match 'uv.config'

or

1: find / -name "uv.config"

Line 1 and 2 combined into 1 line above.

or

1: cd /
2: ls -R | grep 'uv.config'

Line 1 takes you to base directory
Line 2 searches lists all files and below and displays the ones matching "uv.config"