Search for Linux system configuration and service management files

File lookup

Which: command lookup

Find: file lookup, for file name

Locate: file lookup, dependent on database

I. search for command files

Find the location of the ls command

Which ls / / from the PATH environment variable or # whereis vim

2. Arbitrary documents

Find

Grammar

Find [path...] [options] [expression] [action]

Command path option expression Action

① by file name:

[root@qianfeng ~] # find / etc-name "hosts"

[root@qianfeng ~] # find / etc-iname "hosts" find / etc-iname "HOSTS"-I ignore case I can ignore case to find

[root@qianfeng] # find / etc-iname "hos*" there is love in my heart (I), everything can be found

Result output / etc/hosts file found successfully

② by file size: [root@qianfeng ~] # find / etc-size + 5m file > 5m where "size" means size [root@qianfeng ~] # find / etc-size 5m file = 5m [root@qianfeng ~] # find / etc-size-5m file