search in linux terminal code example

Example 1: how to find a file in linux terminal

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

Example 2: search in centos terminal

find / -name "filename"

Example 3: 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 4: 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\*

Example 5: how to search in directory files in ubuntu

# this will search all subdirectories for your text (no case sensitivity)
# it also prints the line number of the text in file
grep -inR "your text" .