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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/