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find

The find command allows you to find files located in your home directory and all its sub-directories. There are a number of different parameters that you can send to find to tell it exactly which file you're looking for. For example, to find a file by it's name, go to your home directory and at the ROHAN prompt type:

rohan%  find  .  -name  'test*'  -print
This will find all the files in your directory that start with test and end with any other characters (test2, testosterone, testy).

To find a file by it's creation or modification date, at the ROHAN prompt type:

rohan%  find  .  -mtime  -5 - print

This will find all files created or modified in the last five days.

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