finding things in unix

[Mike Schwartz]

> <Bob Rasmussen said:> 
>
> Try this:
> 
> cd /
> find . -name "upload*"
> 
> On Fri, 23 Apr 2010, ROBERT PULLIAM wrote:
> 
> > (must be age)  the program name or how to find $ uploadtest.  Is
> there a way to search unix for the word "uploadtest" to find where this
> is and what the instruction is named.
> >
> > Thanks - Robert Pulliam

     Even quicker, at the root prompt try typing:

# type uploadtest

     On most unix/linux systems, this is the fastest way to find an
executable file that is in your search path.

Mike Schwartz