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Old 09-05-2002
CPU & Memory Searching a file withoug leaving home directory!!
hello there !

I am in my current working directory, and i want search a file in "dev" directory which is under root(/), but i donot want leave my current working directory.

is it possible to find file like that ?

let us say i am in /home/bin/user/malik/abid directory and i want find a file "testing" which is in "bin" directory.

what should i give command on my pwd to fine file in bin directory.

any suggestion will be appriciated.

Thanks
Abid Malik
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Old 09-05-2002
Read the man page on the find command. No matter where you are, you can find files in other directories (searching all sub-directories)


NAME
find - find files

SYNOPSIS
find path... expression

DESCRIPTION
The find utility recursively descends the directory hierar-
chy for each path seeking files that match a Boolean expres-
sion written in the primaries given below.
# 3  
Old 09-05-2002
Try

find /bin -name testing 2>/dev/null
 
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