The Picard Maneuver@lemmy.worldM to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 1 day agoHappy to helplemmy.worldimagemessage-square38fedilinkarrow-up1683
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minus-squareGreenKnight23@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 day agoah. makes sense. find is really easy. find -type f -name "*wildcard_filename*" find -type d -name "*wildcard_directoryname*"
minus-squareThe Picard Maneuver@lemmy.worldOPMlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 day agoI’ll have to remember this, thanks.
minus-squarevillage604@adultswim.fanlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 day agoIt’s best to not run it on your root folder, because you’ll be greeted with a wall of errors from /proc or other system directories. The main ones I check are: /usr /var /opt /etc /home /lib (usually only when troubleshooting compile errors)
ah. makes sense.
find is really easy.
find -type f -name "*wildcard_filename*"find -type d -name "*wildcard_directoryname*"I’ll have to remember this, thanks.
It’s best to not run it on your root folder, because you’ll be greeted with a wall of errors from /proc or other system directories.
The main ones I check are: