Finding files linux file system

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grep pattern files – Search for the pattern in files

grep -r pattern dir – Search recursively for the pattern in dir

command | grep pattern – Search for the pattern in the output of the command

locate file – Find all instances of the file

find / -name filename – Starting with the root directory, look for the file called filename

find / -name ”*filename*” – Starting with the root directory, look for the file containing the string filename

locate filename – Find a file called filename using the locate command; this assumes you have already used the command updatedb

updatedb – Create or update the database of records on all file systems attached to the Linux root directory

which filename – Show the subdirectory containing the executable file  called filename

grep TextStringToFind /dir – Starting with the directory called dir, look for and list all files containing TextStringToFind