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What methods do you use to find or search for files? I'm having a hard time locating a file that I know is on my server.
Finding or Searching for a File
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Guest_Wanch_*
, May 28 2008 08:24 AM
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Posted 28 May 2008 - 08:44 PM
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I'm using the GNOME search tool which ships with GNOME. It's not the best tool, because you'll have to be very specific about where to look. Like, you're not able to search from the root /, but from /usr will work. Another tool I use from time to time is the terminal-utility, find.
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Guest_Jordan_*
Posted 31 May 2008 - 07:21 AM
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I use the 'find' command and 'locate' command. If you use locate you should run updatedb daily.
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Posted 09 June 2008 - 06:28 AM
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I usually just do a general search on my pc. It usually finds everything close and you could determine what you are looking for from there.
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Posted 09 June 2008 - 07:07 AM
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In Linux what command do you issue to search the whole computer though?
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Posted 17 June 2008 - 10:19 AM
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I use the search tools incorporated in Ubuntu 8.04. Works pretty good, no hassles at all.
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Posted 17 June 2008 - 04:03 PM
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You mean the GUI KDE/Gnome search tools?
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Posted 18 June 2008 - 05:44 PM
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I like find. It has a lot of options so you can narrow or expand your search very easily.
