Find file via Linux Terminal
Open your Terminal with the key combination [Ctrl] + [Alt] + [T] or type in the search the term "Terminal".
- Are you looking for a folder, you can get help in the command "find-name folder-name". Suppose you want to find the folder "Office", type "find-name Office" in the Terminal.
- You get the path that leads to the searched folder.
Linux gives you the path
So you are looking for a specific file in Linux
If you are looking for will not be a folder but a single file, you will learn in this section more.
- Type in the console "find-iname file-name". In our example (see picture) we have entered in "find -iname Reime.txt".
- The file extension is important - otherwise, the Terminal gives you no hits.
- The file name should not contain spaces; you would also get no result.
Find file in Linux how to
If you have files with a certain size, we will show you in another practice tip, as large files under Linux to find. And if your System is outdated, we will explain how to use the Terminal to manually update Ubuntu to perform.
