In this post, we will see how to find file by name in linux.
You can use "find" command to find file by name.
Find file in the current directory
Here is a simple command to find file "letters.txt" in current directory.
find . -name letters.txt
$ find . -name letters.txt
./txtFiles/letters.txt
If you want to find a file by name that contains both upper case and lower case then run:
find . -iname letters.txt
$ find . -iname letters.txt
./LETTERS.txt
./txtFiles/letters.txt
Find file in the specific directory
1. Find file “letters.txt” in /home directory.
find /home -name letters.txt
2. Find file “letters.txt” in multiple directories /home and /opt.
find /home /opt -name letters.txt
3. Find file “letters.txt” in directory /home and remove it
find /home -type f -name letters.txt -exec rm -f {}
4. Find all files in /opt directory with txt extension
find /opt -name “*.txt”
5. Find all hidden files in /home directory and remove it
find /home -name “.*”
6. Find all empty files in directory /home
find /home -type f -empty
That’s all about how to find file by name in linux
