linux find file command code example

Example 1: linux find any file linux

#find a file and print with path
find . -print | grep -i *.txt

Example 2: how to find a file in linux terminal

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

Example 3: find by name linux

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

Example 4: find a file in linux terminal

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

Example 5: find in file linux

grep -rnw '/path/to/somewhere/' -e 'pattern'

Example 6: linux find file

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

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