Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!mit-eddie!uw-beaver!sumax!amc-gw!sigma!markk From: markk@sigma.UUCP (Mark Kimmerly) Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions Subject: Re: searching for a file Message-ID: <2363@sigma.UUCP> Date: 17 May 89 20:27:23 GMT References: <1530@cmx.npac.syr.edu> <167@attcdso.UUCP> Reply-To: markk@sigma.UUCP (Mark Kimmerly) Organization: Summation Inc, Kirkland WA Lines: 13 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 Check your manual again. The command you were thinking of using should work just fine. If find did NOT recursively search subdirectories, it would be pretty useless. -- Mark Kimmerly markk@sigma.UUCP Summation Inc. 1-206-823-7964