I need some UNIX help -- how to search subdirectories for files? - GoFuckYourself.com

TheFLY · 05-31-2003, 11:50 PM

can't I do something like

ls findthisfile.blah -R

i't not working...

russian_agent_69 · 05-31-2003, 11:51 PM

find / -name whatever* -print

mrthumbs · 05-31-2003, 11:51 PM

there's a better way but

find / |grep filename.txt

does the job or find ./ |grep filename.txt
if you want to search from a specific dir up..

4Pics · 05-31-2003, 11:51 PM

It's something like find -iname

or something like that been awhile.

or you can try

locate filename
or
whereis filename

TheFLY · 05-31-2003, 11:53 PM

ls -R |grep findthistext

looks like I figurd it on my own tnx for nothing hehe

SpaceAce · 06-01-2003, 12:06 AM

find -type f -iname filename

Edit: varies slightly from distro to distro.

SpaceAce

iroc409 · 06-01-2003, 12:28 AM

which *file

that works sometimes if you're looking for an app.

jas0n · 06-01-2003, 01:09 AM

I'd suggest either the ls -R |grep filename or find . -name "filename*" -print

05-31-2003, 11:50 PM	#1
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05-31-2003, 11:51 PM	#2
russian_agent_69 So Fucking Banned Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 247	find / -name whatever* -print

05-31-2003, 11:51 PM	#3
mrthumbs salad tossing sig guy Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: mrthumbs*gmail.com Posts: 11,702	there's a better way but find / \|grep filename.txt does the job or find ./ \|grep filename.txt if you want to search from a specific dir up..

05-31-2003, 11:51 PM	#4
4Pics Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: Dec 2001 Posts: 7,952	It's something like find -iname or something like that been awhile. or you can try locate filename or whereis filename

05-31-2003, 11:53 PM	#5
TheFLY So Fucking Banned Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: http://www.thefly.net/ --- Quit your job and live off steady traffic. Posts: 11,856	ls -R \|grep findthistext looks like I figurd it on my own tnx for nothing hehe

06-01-2003, 12:06 AM	#6
SpaceAce Confirmed User Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Magrathea Posts: 6,493	find -type f -iname filename Edit: varies slightly from distro to distro. SpaceAce

06-01-2003, 01:09 AM	#8
jas0n Confirmed User Join Date: May 2003 Posts: 137	I'd suggest either the ls -R \|grep filename or find . -name "filename*" -print