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== Find files by filename == | == Find files by filename == | ||
Case-insensitive: | Case-insensitive example: | ||
find . -type f -iname "*hello*" | find . -type f -iname "*hello*" | ||
Finds "Hello, hello, Thello, Thelloman, HELLO, hELLO, ..." | Finds "Hello, hello, Thello, Thelloman, HELLO, hELLO, ..." | ||
Case-sensitive: | Case-sensitive example: | ||
find . -type f -name "*Hello*" | find . -type f -name "*Hello*" | ||
Finds "Hello, THello, THelloman, ..." | Finds "Hello, THello, THelloman, ..." | ||
(http://stackoverflow.com/questions/13131048/linux-find-file-names-with-given-string) | (http://stackoverflow.com/questions/13131048/linux-find-file-names-with-given-string) | ||
== Find files by content and filename == | |||
Case-insensitive example: | |||
ack -i kmoretools | |||
(Install with sudo zypper install ack) | |||
Normally, one would use the standard tool grep, but ack is better in some ways: http://beyondgrep.com/ | |||
Revision as of 17:51, 11 October 2015
Find Things
How to find things under Linux.
Find files by filename
Case-insensitive example:
find . -type f -iname "*hello*"
Finds "Hello, hello, Thello, Thelloman, HELLO, hELLO, ..."
Case-sensitive example:
find . -type f -name "*Hello*"
Finds "Hello, THello, THelloman, ..."
(http://stackoverflow.com/questions/13131048/linux-find-file-names-with-given-string)
Find files by content and filename
Case-insensitive example:
ack -i kmoretools
(Install with sudo zypper install ack)
Normally, one would use the standard tool grep, but ack is better in some ways: http://beyondgrep.com/