Showing posts with label search files in ubuntu. Show all posts
Showing posts with label search files in ubuntu. Show all posts

Wednesday, August 1, 2012

Finding files in Linux system using terminal

Terminal Rocks !

You can find any find of files in your Linux system using the terminal, which to me is much faster and easier than slow nautilus search which lacks usability.

$ locate search-term 

Locate ( slocate in some distribution instead of locate ) is the command used to search files inside a Linux system, which finds any kind of file to match the given keyword. You can also update the search index by using the command
 
$ sudo updatedb