linux search for file code example

Example 1: linux find any file linux

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

Example 2: linux search for line in file

grep -R "keyword" /directory/

Example 3: how to find a file in linux terminal

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

Example 4: 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 5: find by name linux

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

Example 6: 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*"