Re: [SLE] Is there a "find file on system" command?

From: Rob Freeman (sysadmin_at_fleetone.com)
Date: 05/15/04

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Date: Fri, 14 May 2004 20:06:17 -0500

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    From: "Doug McGarrett" <dmcgarrett@optonline.net>
    To: <suse-linux-e@suse.com>
    Sent: Friday, May 14, 2004 7:51 PM
    Subject: [SLE] Is there a "find file on system" command?

    > The subject says it all. There was even a 3rd-party command in DOS
    (whereis)
    > which would search the system for a file name, regardless of its
    directory.
    > I have never been able to find such a program on Linux.
    >

    I always:

    su
    find directory -name filename

    hence to search the entire computer for all rpm's

    find / -name *.rpm

    Need to be root

    Rob 

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