finding things in unix

[Kenneth Brody]

On 4/26/2010 4:27 PM, Dennis Malen wrote:
[...]
> From: "Jean-Pierre A. Radley" <appl at jpr.com>
[...]
>> | Yes, your summary and conclusions drawn are correct. Find is the most
>> useful
>> | as it looks in all directories without providing the proper  PATH.
>>
>> Another of your mis-statements...
>>
>> Find does not look "in all directories".  It looks under specified
>> directories.
>>
> Correction: I cd / and then find. Looks in all directories. I have always
> been able to find a file this way.

Exactly what JP said.  You specified the root directory on the "find" 
command line.

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Kenneth Brody