Is there a search facility within Raspbian?

[bigdavethehorn]

So, I'm looking for a particular .ini file on a fresh Raspbian Wheezy install, but I don't know where it is located. I found Raspbian's file manager and wandered about "My Computer" with no luck.

Is there a search function within Raspbian?

[bredman]

To do this from the command line, if you need to find xxx.ini...
sudo find / -name "xxx.ini"

To get a list of all the .ini files in the system
sudo find / -name "*.ini" | less
Use the up/down arrows to move in the list, press q to quit.

This is not particular to Raspbian, it will work for any Linux distribution.

[bob_binz]

An alternative (not sure of the most efficient option) is mlocate -

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sudo apt-get install mlocate

Then run

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sudo updatedb 

(which I think is run regularly anyway, once installed.) Once updatedb has finished, use

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locate <search-term>  

i.e.

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locate mylost.ini

[bigdavethehorn]

Magic! Thanks to both of you!