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Old 04-03-2006
searching a file from folder
suppose in my unix login 10 folders is present. i have a abc.h header file. i forget where this header file is present. so which command i will use in unix, so that it will search from all folders.
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Old 04-03-2006
Code:
find /unix/folder/to/search -name abc.h

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Old 04-03-2006
search file
i could not get any output. I am writing in this way
find -name *.h

But output displaying in this type
Usage: find [-H | -L] Path-list [Expression-list]

So tell me what i will do??
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Old 04-03-2006
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Originally Posted by debasis.mishra
i could not get any output. I am writing in this way
find -name *.h
But output displaying in this type
Usage: find [-H | -L] Path-list [Expression-list]
So tell me what i will do??
Where is the path-to-be-searched in your find expression ? Provide an appropriate path. Which OS are you on ?
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