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I'm trying to find a file called mynet1, and I cant located it in my src folder and want to search all the possible files in my system for it. What is a Ubuntu command to find a file given its filename that could be anywhere in my /root and beyond?

Mofi
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  • Does this answer your question? [How can I recursively find all files in current and subfolders based on wildcard matching?](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/5905054/how-can-i-recursively-find-all-files-in-current-and-subfolders-based-on-wildcard) – Josh Correia Oct 20 '20 at 20:45

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To find a file by name, type:

find <path> -name "<query>"

You can learn a lot here: https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-use-find-and-locate-to-search-for-files-on-a-linux-vps#finding-by-name

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Note that Midnight Commander (mc) can search for file names (and text), run it from the command prompt, navigate to the top directory of interest and press F9 C F.

To install:

sudo aptitude install mc
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