Hi friends,

4 shell tools for find files in linux

1. locate
syntax ::
locate file_name

2. which
This command tells you where a command lives.

Eg : which firefox

3. whereis

This command will not only tell you where the executable file is located at, but it will also locate the source, man page, and other associated directories as well.

whereis firefox

4. find

find can basically do everything: from search for files based on last modified times, owners and groups, permissions, type (file, directory, symbolic link, etc), whether the file is readable/writable/executable by the current user, file size, whether the file or directory is empty, and much more.

You can also search for matches by regular expression.

Thanks,
Rijus.
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