In this how-to we will look at the find command and a range of additional arguments which will give us a variety of approaches to finding files and directories.

The Linux find command makes it easy to find files on your system – even if you don’t remember their names or exactly when you last updated them. Some of the options are a bit more challenging ...

Linux offers more than one way to find what you're looking for, including commands like locate, find, and whereis. Knowing ...

find / -path /proc -prune -false -o -name 'dev.conf' What that command does is search the entire filesystem for a file named dev.conf, but leaves out the /proc directory in the process.

You may find yourself in a situation where you remember the content of a file but not its name. Linux offers various commands to help you find files based on specific text strings within them. By ...

File names on Linux can be 255 characters, and here's how to find the longest ones. File names on Linux systems can be as long as 255 characters.

This is performed using the -r switch, which I’ll use to search for my user account name in the /etc directory: grep -r “smatteso” /etc Here’s an example of the results: ...

If you find the file manager on your Linux desktop of choice isn't cutting it, here are five alternatives. One of these could well become your favorite Linux file manager. 1.