How do I locate files on linux?
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Two popular commands for locating files on linux are find
and locate
. Depending on the size of your file system and the depth of your search, the find command can sometime take a long time to scan all of the data. For example, if you search your entire filesystem for the files named home.jpg:
# find / -name home.jpg
More likely than not,...
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