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Old 07-06-2006
Find file on server, searching thru many folders
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
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Old 07-06-2006
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.
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Old 07-06-2006
What if I needed to direct my search at a server? Could I use the following?
Find server/ -name “name_of_file”
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Old 07-06-2006
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
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Old 07-06-2006
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
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Old 07-06-2006
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
 
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