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From: ray3rd@ssc-vax.UUCP (Ray E. Saddler III)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re: searching for a file
Summary: You were right on track from the beginning!
Message-ID: <2643@ssc-vax.UUCP>
Date: 8 May 89 16:00:52 GMT
References: <1530@cmx.npac.syr.edu>
Organization: Boeing Aerospace Corp., Seattle WA
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In article <1530@cmx.npac.syr.edu>, gefuchs@skolem.uucp (Gill E. Fuchs) writes:
> 
> how would one search for a filename in a directory hierarchy?
> 
> i was thinking of using : find . -name 'gugu' -print
> but obviously that only works for the current directory
     /
    /____wrong!

> how would one make that a recursive search, something a la ls -R

Find *does* a recursive search [at least on BSD 4.2 & 4.3, and SYSV
3.1].  Use 'find . -name gugu -print'.  It will [should] work unless
your flavor or *ix is unusual enough to *not* recursivly search.

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