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Hi Folks,
I am using the putty as I need to check the logs, My query is that I know the location of my logs ..that is

cd /var /logs/abc.log

so I can reach to this place and open the logs in putty, But what About if I do not the location only thing I know the name of the abc.log , and I have just logon to putty..How I will be able to search the directory containing the abc.log file , Please advise..!
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Old 05-19-2012
use find command to search from root /:
Code:
find / -type f -name "abc.log"

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