How to find a file in linux (Solution)

“find” command is useful in linux, just issue following command, we can find whatever file we want in Linux easily.

find (directory) -name (filename)

For example, i want to find out where is psql command located. “/” means whole file system in Linux, make sure you have privilege to access it.

find / -name psql

Great command ~

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