find in folder linux code example

Example 1: find folder linux

find / -type d -name 'folder_name'

Example 2: terminal how to find a directory

find . -type d | grep DIRNAME

Example 3: linux find directores

find -type d -iname $name

Example 4: find folder in linux

find / -name "dir-name-here"

Example 5: search a folder in linux

$ locate --basename '\pkg'

Example 6: linux search file in specific folder

// Using backslash and asterisk (\*) at the end will search for all files that start with your search term (in this case "readme"). So you would also be able to find "readme2" etc. 
find . -name readme\*