The Unix find command
The find command is a convenient way to search for files on your machine through the command line.
The general form of the command is
find starting_directory match_criteria match_pattern output_action
Examples
Search through all directories on the machine
find / -name "pattern" -print
Breaking it down:
/: start the search at the top-most directory-name: we are searching by filename"pattern": the filename pattern being searched for. This can be an exact name (e.g.nginx.conf) or a pattern (e.g.*.conf)-print: display the full pathname of all matching files