uhh, i didn't get that, that seemed to search in man pages or something
but i did try this
find ~ -name *sound*
and that works, i was just trying to find the *easier, read; lazy way*, to find a file where you just knew the name or part of the name but didn't remember which folder it was in.
THANKS
betty

On 06/30/2012 03:05 PM, Michael Havens wrote:
 tr y

    apropos part-of-file-name

On Sat, Jun 30, 2012 at 2:26 PM, betty <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:

    I am using l-ubuntu 12.04 with the pcMan manager and i can't for
    the life of me find the  way to 'find' a file or something with
    part of a file name in it. it is driving me crazy. What am i
    missing???
    thanks



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