Re: Finding a file

[Allen Bolderoff <allen gist net au>]

> Hello,
> 
> I am trying to find a file that is somewhere on my system, but I can't seem
> to find it.
> 
> I have used 'find', 'locate', and 'grep' to try to find it.
> 
> Can someone tell me how to simply find a file in any directory on my system?
> 
> Thanks,
> Kevin

locate filename

or

find / -name "*ilenam*" -print


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