uhh, i didn't get that, that seemed to search in man pages or something
but i did try this
> find ~ -name *sound*
and that works, i was just trying to find the *easier, read; lazy way*, 
to find a file where you just knew the name or part of the name but 
didn't remember which folder it was in.
THANKS
betty

On 06/30/2012 03:05 PM, Michael Havens wrote:
>  tr y
>
>     apropos part-of-file-name
>
> On Sat, Jun 30, 2012 at 2:26 PM, betty <nicepenguin@webcanine.com 
> <mailto:nicepenguin@webcanine.com>> wrote:
>
>     I am using l-ubuntu 12.04 with the pcMan manager and i can't for
>     the life of me find the  way to 'find' a file or something with
>     part of a file name in it. it is driving me crazy. What am i
>     missing???
>     thanks
>
>
>
> -- 
> :-)~MIKE~(-: