Gets the full path to the file

.bash-functions

path() {
    local filename="$1"
    local search_dir="$2"

    if [ -z "$filename" ]; then
        echo "Error: Filename argument is missing."
        return 1
    fi

    if [ -z "$search_dir" ]; then
        search_dir=$(pwd)
    fi

    local result=$(find "$search_dir" -name "$filename" -print -quit 2>/dev/null)

    if [ -n "$result" ]; then
        echo "$result"
    else
        echo "File '$filename' not found in directory '$search_dir' or its subdirectories."
        return 1
    fi
}