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Find files recursively in the current folder

The commands below will produce a list of folder paths that contains the searched files.

find . -name "filename"

Note: replace . with the path to the folder if it's not the current folder.

Find files recursively in the current folder with a keyword in the file name

The commands below will produce a list of folder paths that contains the searched files.

Case sensitive keyword

find . -type f -name "*keyword*"

Note: replace . with the path to the folder if it's not the current folder.

Case insensitive keyword

find . -type f -iname "*keyword*"
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