In Linux, you can search for a file using the find command from the Terminal window. Alt...

In Linux, you can search for a file using the find command from the Terminal window. Alternatively, you can use the Search for Files tool in the GNOME desktop in Linux.

To use the find command and then the Search for Files tool:

1. Click Applications in the menu bar, point to System Tools, and click Terminal.

2. At the command prompt type find /home -name Desktop and press Enter to search for the desktop directory within your account’s home directory (see Figure 2-33). In this context find is the command to search for one or more files, /home tells the find command to search for files in the /home directory which is the parent directory for all user account directories, -name Desktop is an instruction to look for all files with Desktop as part of the name. If your system has multiple users or you are logged on with an account name different than Liveuser, your results will differ from what is shown in Figure 2-33.

3. Close the Terminal window.

4. Click Places and click Search for Files.

5. In the Name contains text box within the Search for Files window, type Desktop and click Find. Notice your results show the files and folders that contain the word “desktop.”

6. Leave Desktop in the Name contains text box. Click the up and down arrows for Look in folder.

7. Select File System.

8. Click Find.

9. The Search for Files tool now finds all instances of Desktop and desktop within the filesystem. How many files did the tool find?

10. Close the Search for Files tool.