Finding Files & Folders

Find

Syntax

# find location  -name  filename

Example

find /etc -name ifcfg-eth0

Find file named ifcfg-eth0 under the directory /etc.

find /home -user joe

Find every file under the directory /home owned by the user joe.

find /usr -name *stat

Find every file under the directory /usr ending in "stat".

find . -perm 664

Search for files with permission 644 in current directory

find / -inum  1011

Searches for file with inode number 1011 in entire filesystem.

Locate

Locate has comparatively easy syntax, but it is recommended to run updatedb prior to running locate.

# updated

# locate filename

Example –

# locate passwd