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You syntax is right but it may be possible there are multiple files with the same name<br />
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find / -name myfile <br />
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Its searching the whole system for any files named &nbsp;myname and displayign their pathnames. &nbsp;<br />
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You can be more specific about type of files by adding extension to file name or use grep to get only specific files you want<br />

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You syntax is right but it may be possible there are multiple files with the same name

find / -name myfile

Its searching the whole system for any files named  myname and displayign their pathnames.  

You can be more specific about type of files by adding extension to file name or use grep to get only specific files you want


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If I'm logged in as root and change to the root directory the following command works as expected:<br />
find -name myfile<br />
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If however I do:<br />
find / -name myfile <br />
it lists every directory on the drive.<br />
This second option would be handy so I wouldn't have to switch to the root every time I want to search for a file.<br />
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Why does it do that and what should I type/<br />

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If I'm logged in as root and change to the root directory the following command works as expected:
find -name myfile

If however I do:
find / -name myfile 
it lists every directory on the drive.
This second option would be handy so I wouldn't have to switch to the root every time I want to search for a file.

Why does it do that and what should I type/


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