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How to search for all the files starting with the name "ABC" in a directory?
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If you don’t know the directory the ABC* files are located in, and you have millions of files, the locate command is the fastest method.
$ locate /ABC
/mnt/clone/home/rick/.cache/mozilla/firefox/9fu0cuql.default/cache2/entries/ABC6AD2FEC16465049B48D39FD2FE538258F2A34
/mnt/clone/home/rick/.cache/mozilla/firefox/9fu0cuql.default/cache2/entries/ABCBFDA54262F47253F95ED6ED4131A465EE0E39
/mnt/clone/usr/src/linux-headers-5.0.1-050001/tools/lib/lockdep/tests/ABCABC.sh
/mnt/clone/usr/src/linux-headers-5.0.1-050001/tools/lib/lockdep/tests/ABCDBCDA.sh
/mnt/clone/usr/src/linux-headers-5.0.1-050001/tools/lib/lockdep/tests/ABCDBDDA.sh
/mnt/old/home/rick/.cache/mozilla/firefox/3vkvi6ov.default/cache2/entries/ABC0C99FCEABAD0C6AA2078CD025A1CDE48D7BA1
/usr/src/linux-headers-5.0.1-050001/tools/lib/lockdep/tests/ABCABC.sh
/usr/src/linux-headers-5.0.1-050001/tools/lib/lockdep/tests/ABCDBCDA.sh
/usr/src/linux-headers-5.0.1-050001/tools/lib/lockdep/tests/ABCDBDDA.sh
Notes:
- The above command takes 1 second to run on 1 million files.
- In comparison the
findcommand starting at/root directory will a very long time and generate many permission errors. - If files were created today you must run
sudo updatedbfirst.