UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

I need to be able to search for a specific name of an image inside a folder.

on windows for example if i wanted to search for dogs within a folder of images that had 300000 images i would just put dogs in the search field, then any file name with dogs in it would come up.

how do i do the same thing in linux?

Code:

find folder_name -type f -name "dogs"

Good , however I would use 'locate' , if you update it's database it is much faster than anything else

Please explain how to do either one of these. where is locate? where do i put that code in at?

ooooooooooooooh now I got the problem....you have NEVER used linux/unix...sorry mate and I'm guessing I am apologising on behalf of itkamaraj as well...


OK
well we both assume the best solution always is through a given command - through a shell. Most users of OSs other than Microsoft's feel this way. If not ,then all system administrators feel this way,and that is a given.

If you have a Desktop ,then right click on the screen and choose Terminal. Or go to the Applications menu and find the one called 'terminal'


There ,when you open it give the command given by itkamaraj .

Code:

find . -type f -name "dogs"

try that and we'll take it from there.

this is the message i am getting:
faith@linux-hwga:~/Desktop> f-images"pokemon"
If 'f-imagespokemon' is not a typo you can use command-not-found to lookup the package that contains it, like this:
cnf f-imagespokemon
no i havent ever used linux before.

ok great....


So faith@linux-hwga:~/Desktop> is your prompt. Anything you write , you type it there..

Now why would you type "f-images"pokemon"" ? Nobody seems to have suggested that...


Instead , try

Code:

find . -type f -name "pokemon"

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