On Thu, Jun 27, 2002 at 11:39:26PM -0400, Josh Huber wrote: > Bert Knabe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > How do you search for a file from the command line? > > Check out either locate or find. > > $ locate XF86Config-4 > /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 > /usr/X11R6/man/man5/XF86Config-4.5x.gz > > "find / -name XF86Config-4" would do the same thing. > > locate searches for files in a database which is updated every night, > find actually looks at what's on your disk. locate is therefore much > faster, while find is much more flexible. (check the manpage for it to > see what I mean!)
Also, for some good introduction to console commands, try the pgi Users Guide. Just ignore the graphical parts, and check out the console stuff. http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/users-guide/ BTW, If you don't keep your computer on at night, you have to initially and periodically rebuild the locate database using updatedb. But these are also debian-user issues, not debian-powerpc. -- *------v--------- Installing Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 --------v------* | <http://www.debian.org/releases/woody/installmanual> | | debian-imac (potato): <http://debian-imac.sourceforge.net> | | Chris Tillman [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | May the Source be with you | *----------------------------------------------------------------* -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
