slocate, which is a secure locate works well too... If you are trying to find files containing things then grep -ir 'what Im looking for' path/to/search/*
and finally find -iname 'partofname*' but it is a little slower... -joel On Tue, 2006-07-25 at 17:58 -0700, Roger E. Rustad, Jr. wrote: > Since I'm not yet really comfortable with Linux, I really need help > finding files. Some of the ones thus far I've been using: > > find > locate > grep > etc > > Since I don't really know a better way, I often just 'grep -rl" a > server until I find something I need. Anyone have tips on how I might > better find what I'm looking for? > > Roger > _______________________________________________ > 909linux mailing list > [email protected] > http://909linux.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/909linux -- Joel Brauer Manager IS Communications and Web Technologies [email protected] pager: [email protected] office: 909-558-7713 cell: 909-534-1934 Only you can decide to be happy! The rest of life is working out the details...
