search file linux terminal code example
Example 1: how to find a file in linux terminal
find /path/to/folder/ -iname *file_name_portion*
Example 2: ubuntu search for command used
> grep "the_search" ~/.bash_history
--Don't forget the -i flag if you need case insensitive search.
Example 3: ubuntu 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\*