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Date:      Thu, 9 Apr 1998 09:14:52 -0500 (CDT)
From:      "Paul T. Root" <proot@horton.iaces.com>
To:        jrs@Mcs.Net (J.R.S. II)
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: search command
Message-ID:  <199804091414.JAA15689@horton.iaces.com>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.95.980409082556.7124A-100000@Mars.mcs.net> from "J.R.S. II" at "Apr 9, 98 08:29:06 am"

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In a previous message, J.R.S. II said:
> Greetings.  I recently ftp'd a file from a remote location to my machine.
> During the download I walked away and do not remember where I put the
> file.  Is there a command that would allow me to search all directories
> for the file if I knew the file or folder name??  Any help would be nice. 


find <starting dir> -name <file name> -print





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