ubuntu find a file by name code example

Example 1: search file in ubuntu

$ find /path/to/file/ -iname filename

Example 2: 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\*