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> 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



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