linux find file in all directories code example

Example 1: linux search all directories for file

find / -iname 'book1*'

Example 2: search all folders for file match linux

find . -name "foo*"

Example 3: linux find file

# syntax 
# find *</path/to/dir> '(' *<Filter-1> *<and/or-operator> *<filter-2> ')'

# example 
find . '(' -name "Test*.pm" -a ! -name 'Useless*' ')'