Search file in UNIX

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Hello,

My file is located in unix env.
I am in the home dir of unix and now i want to search my file.

How to search a file (xyz.h)in UNIX dir / sub dirs from home dir?

Thanks in advance.

Posted 5-Apr-10 0:36am

Poonamol

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Graham Breach · Accepted Answer · 2010-04-05T04:36:00

Solution 4

locate will work (and quickly) if your system has updated its database since you created the file.

find will always work because it searches the filesystem:

find / -name xyz.h -ls

And ack[^] is a very handy utility for searching for strings in files.

Posted 5-Apr-10 4:36am

Graham Breach

CPallini · Accepted Answer · 2010-04-05T01:00:00

Solution 1

I guess

find / | grep xyz.h

will do the job.
:)

Posted 5-Apr-10 1:00am

CPallini

HimanshuJoshi · Accepted Answer · 2010-04-05T01:29:00

Solution 2

You can also use locate[^] instead of find

locate xyz.h

Posted 5-Apr-10 1:29am

HimanshuJoshi