linux search for file name code example
Example 1: find by name linux
find . -name "*.txt"
Example 2: 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 3: linux find file
find . '(' -name "Test*.pm" -a ! -name 'Useless*' ')'
Example 4: 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\*