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Using find to find files

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Mar 15, 2026467 views

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If I'm in the root directory, can I use find to search all the directories below it for a file? I tried find stdio.h but it didn't find anything. However I know that that file is in the filesystem somewhere. How do I find it?

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It's in , but for future reference run Don't forget to run first. On Cygwin, you'll want to run it as Administrator. To look in the current directory and its children: To look everywhere beneath the root directory: You tagged this as a Cygwin questi…

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Using find to find files

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