find in files terminal linux code example

Example 1: ubuntu search for command used

> grep "the_search" ~/.bash_history

--Don't forget the -i flag if you need case insensitive search.

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