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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/