Thanks all, prompt advice as always, has got me on the way out of another hole of my own making! :-)
On Mon, November 22, 2004 12:43 pm, Erik de Castro Lopo said: > On Mon, 22 Nov 2004 11:30:29 +1100 (EST) > "Simon Bryan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Hi, >> If I just want to 'find' or 'locate' a file called xyz rather than all >> directories and filenames that contain that string what would I enter at >> the command line? > > For files: > > find / -name xyz -type f > > For directories: > > find / -name xyz -type d > > Erik -- Simon Bryan IT Manager OLMC Parramatta -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
