finding things in unix

[Dennis Malen]

Mike,

type only works if you are sitting in the actual directory that the file 
resides. Find seems to search all directories. At least that is the way it 
worked on AIX.

Dennis Malen
516.479.5912
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mike Schwartz" <mschw at athenet.net>
To: <filepro-list at lists.celestial.com>
Sent: Friday, April 23, 2010 10:00 AM
Subject: RE: finding things in unix


>> <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
>
>
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