LoveEspresso@cafe.coffee-break.cc to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agoWhat are the fun ways to learn and master the file management system in Linux ?message-squaremessage-square20fedilinkarrow-up139arrow-down10
arrow-up139arrow-down1message-squareWhat are the fun ways to learn and master the file management system in Linux ?LoveEspresso@cafe.coffee-break.cc to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agomessage-square20fedilink
minus-squareLoveEspresso@cafe.coffee-break.ccOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 day agoHad no idea that it was such a huge topic :)) Let’s start off with something very simple : how to track a particular file existing in your system ?
minus-squareurushitan 漆たん@kakera.kintsugi.moelinkfedilinkarrow-up5·22 hours agofind / -iname "filename" 2>/dev/null Find a file by (case insensitive) file name. Search the whole filesystem (/). Pipe errors to /dev/null (since it will output permission denied errors trying access directories you don’t have access to, among other things)
Had no idea that it was such a huge topic :))
Let’s start off with something very simple : how to track a particular file existing in your system ?
find / -iname "filename" 2>/dev/nullFind a file by (case insensitive) file name. Search the whole filesystem (/). Pipe errors to /dev/null (since it will output permission denied errors trying access directories you don’t have access to, among other things)