find file in directory linux code example

Example 1: how to find a file in linux terminal

find /path/to/folder/ -iname *file_name_portion*

Example 2: search for files in linux terminal

find /path/to/folder/ -iname *file_name_portion*

#Example
find / -iname *test*

#Output

/downloads/test_2.txt
/downloads/test_1.csv
/home/ubuntu/first_test.txt

Example 3: find by name linux

# dot is curr dir 
find . -name "*.txt"

Example 4: find file

Extremely useful command!!
In Mac and Linux: Define directory where to search as "." for current directory
and then specify the name or regex of file or folder to find.

find . -name "foo*"  

In Windows: Define "/s" for a recursively search and name or regex of file or
folgder to search

dir /s "foo*"

Example 5: find linux with extension

find /home/username/ -name "*.err"

Example 6: bash find file in directory

$ ls -R | grep -i "pattern"