search for file in directory linux command code example

Example 1: bash search file in directory

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

Example 2: 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\*