Finding files in linux

Problem: Finding or Searching files in Linux
Solution: In Linux or Unix you can use find command to find files. Find command will search for the files in current working directory and its subdirectories as well.

1. To find a file named install.log
   

    
   [root@dragon ~]# find -name install.log
   ./install.log
   

2.  To find all files that starts with ins (i.e) ins*
   

    
   [root@dragon ~]# find -name ins\*
   ./install.log
   ./install.log.syslog
   ./vmware-tools-distrib/installer
   ./vmware-tools-distrib/etc/installer.sh