Intro
Find utility searches for files in a directory. Basically, files can be found under Linux in many different ways. Using the find utility is one of the best ways to find files. The find utility has a huge number of parameters that can be set so that Linux finds exactly those files that you were searching for.
Syntax
find where_to_look criteria which_file_want_to_search
Example
$ find / -name report 2>/dev/null
Note
2> /dev/null is not related to find utility. Here, 2 indicates the error stream in Linux, and /dev/null is the device where anything you send simply disappears i.e. Above example discard all error messages.
Syntax
find where_to_look criteria which_file_want_to_search
Example
$ find / -name report 2>/dev/null
| / | Start searching from the root directory |
| -name | Given search text is the filename rather than any other attribute of a file |
| report | File name for which we are looking |
2> /dev/null is not related to find utility. Here, 2 indicates the error stream in Linux, and /dev/null is the device where anything you send simply disappears i.e. Above example discard all error messages.