Command to search for a file

harikamamidala · July 30, 2007, 7:20am

Hi,

I am new to unix.Can you please tell me whether there is any command to search for a file in all the directories... and also i want to search for an expression in all the directories.

Thanks in advance.

Regards,
Harika Mamidala

Awadhesh · July 30, 2007, 7:25am

find /dirname -name filename -print

harikamamidala · July 30, 2007, 7:30am

Thanks for the reply.But,I want to find the file in all the directories.. and even search for the expression in all the directories..

matrixmadhan · July 30, 2007, 8:04am

Welcome to the forum !

Try searching the forums.

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