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Top Forums UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers searching a file in a unix server Post 76197 by ErNci on Sunday 26th of June 2005 08:42:30 AM
Old 06-26-2005
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"
 

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hal-find(1M)						  System Administration Commands					      hal-find(1M)

NAME
hal-find, hal-find-by-capability, hal-find-by-property - search HAL global device list SYNOPSIS
hal-find-by-capability --capability capability [--help] [--verbose] [--version] hal-find-by-property --key key --string value [--help] [--verbose] [--version] DESCRIPTION
The hal-find commands, hal-find-by-capability and hal-find-by-property, search the Hardware Abstraction Layer (HAL) device list by speci- fied criteria and displays results on the standard output. hal-find-by-capability searches by capability, such as volume or block. hal- find-by-property searches by property, such as block.is_volume or volume.disc.has_audio. OPTIONS
The following options are supported: --capability capability HAL device capability to search for. --help Display list of options. --key key The key to the property that is the basis of the search. --string value The string value associated with the property that is the basis of the search. --verbose Verbose mode. --version Display version and exit. ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes: +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ | ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE | +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ |Availability |SUNWhalr | +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ |Interface Stability |Volatile | +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ SEE ALSO
hald(1M), attributes(5), hal(5) SunOS 5.11 22 Aug 2006 hal-find(1M)
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