Situatie
The find command will search live file-system for files that match the search criteria.
Solutie
Pasi de urmat
How to find a directory on Linux
The find command syntax is:
find /where/to/look/up criteria action
OR
find /dir/path/look/up criteria action
OR
find /dir/path/look/up -name "dir-name-here"
OR
find /dir/path/look/up -name "pattern"
OR
find /dir/path/look/up -name "dir-name-here" -print
OR
find /dir/path/look/up -name "dir-name-here"
OR
find / -name "dir-name-here"
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find / -type d -name "dir-name-here"
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find / -type d -name "dir-name-here" 2>/dev/null
Linux find directory command
The following example will show all files in the current directory and all subdirectories:
find find . find . -print |
Finding a directory
To find a directory called apt in / (root) file system, enter:
Alert: When searching / (root) file system, you need to run the find command as root user.
find / -type d -name "apt" sudo find / -type d -name "apt" |
Sample outputs:
/var/log/apt /var/lib/apt /var/cache/apt /etc/apt /etc/logrotate.d/apt /etc/cron.daily/apt
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