FYI Commands like 'type' or 'which' or 'where' will search the PATH variable for a file. Since this is supposed to be only executables, it is usually termed "search for executables" but it finds links to executable files so I don't think its that smart. I think it will find any matching file in the PATH. Commands like 'find' actually walk the directory hierarchy looking for files so you can search all the disks if you want. If you have permissions for it. And it can be very slow to walk a large set of disks on a busy server. Last thing: find / -name *evolution* will not always work because in some cases the shell will see the splat (asterisk) and use it up instead of passing it on to the find program. Plus all the non-Linux Unices I've worked with don't assume a print sub-command. So the more general purpose way to do this search is to escape any special characters you use just in case and explicitly request output. So the above turns into: find / -name \*evolution\* -print Hope this helps. Hattie Rouge > -----Original Message----- > From: psyche-list-admin@xxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:psyche-list-admin@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Stéphan Hemmert > Sent: Friday, May 09, 2003 5:07 AM > To: psyche-list@xxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Re: Command to find execute file > > > also another way to find a file: > find / -name *evolution* > > will scan the whole filesystem to find files which name contains > evolution ( can be pretty long) > > k. > > Stephen Liu wrote: > > >Hi all folks > > > >What command line will be used to find the execute file of a > software, > >e.g. > > > >/usr/bin/evolution > > > >the execute file of Ximian Evolution is under /usr/bin/ How > to locate > >it. > > > >Thanks in advance. > > > >B.Regards > >Stephen Liu > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > Psyche-list mailing list > Psyche-list@xxxxxxxxxx > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/ps> yche-list > -- Psyche-list mailing list Psyche-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/psyche-list
