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Command to locate a directory

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Name: Stephen Liu
Date: July 3, 2002 at 02:01:45 Pacific
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Hi All Guys,

Kindly advise the command used to locate a directory and its path

If I can't remember the full name of the directory then what will be the easy way to find it together with its full path indicating where it resides

Thanks in advance.

Stephen Liu



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Response Number 1
Name: Tom
Date: July 3, 2002 at 02:21:43 Pacific
Reply:

I've never really used it, but it's "find". Check the manpages for info on how to use it.


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Response Number 2
Name: Stephen Liu
Date: July 3, 2002 at 03:19:35 Pacific
Reply:

Hi Tom,

Thanks for your response. I will find it out later.

In mMost cases I use

rpm -vql

but it displays the main directory and all sub-directories, the latter of which I don't need. I only need the main directory and its full path.

Additionally if I can't remember its full name, I could not find the directory.

Hoping that some guys on the list can shed me some light

Thanks

Stephen Liu


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Response Number 3
Name: junky_toof
Date: July 3, 2002 at 05:46:23 Pacific
Reply:

RTFM PAGES!!!!!

type -p command name
find / -name name 2> /dev/null


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