ubuntu terminal search for file code example

Example 1: how to find a file in linux terminal

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

Example 2: 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 3: find in files ubuntu

grep -r 'pattern_to_match' directory_to_search

Example 4: search file in ubuntu

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