On Thu, 2010-09-02 at 20:13 -0500, Neal Hogan wrote: > On Thu, Sep 2, 2010 at 8:00 PM, tom <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Thu, 2010-09-02 at 19:44 -0500, Neal Hogan wrote: > >> On Thu, Sep 2, 2010 at 7:39 PM, tom <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > I thought using the command: $ locate <named files> would work, but > >> > nothing happens, even if I su to root. Any help appreciated. > >> > Tom > >> > > >> > >> man find(1) > > > > That command doesn't appear to search my file system and report all > > files containing the word. Maybe there's a way to put the utility > > locate on lenny? > > Tom > > > > > > man find! Did you look at the manpage . . . the man page for 'find'? > > Patience can only be afforded those who take the time to look things up! > > # find / -name 'named files' > > or > > # find /foo -name 'named files*' > > etc.
I certainly did. Except I forgot that if I hit the return button, more text comes up. So, this is good exercise. Appreciate your patience as I relearn how to use a command line terminal. Ubuntu has made a cli cripple of me. Thanks, Tom -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
