Re: find files in unix (was HP X11lib.a location)

[Ginger Booth]

> 
> 
> And just a PS to what Ginger said ;-)
> 
> There are probably a lot of folks on this list
> who are new to unix so they might not know some
> of the little unix tricks.   
> Here is an excerpt showing how to find a file
> you suspect is on the system but you don't know where:
> 
> maria-rlr)find / -name "libX11.a" -print
> find: cannot open /dev/diag
> /usr/lib/X11R5/libX11.a
> ...
> 
> (That "maria-rlr)" is my prompt.)
> The above command looks at all the directories on the system below / 
> (root dir), but you could also look in specified subtrees, eg
>   find /usr -name "libX11.a" -print
>    
> To find the file Ginger mentioned you could put a wildcard
> character in the -name, eg,
> badger-rlr)find / -name "libX11.*" -print
> find: cannot open /dev/diag
> find: cannot open /usr/lib/X11/fonts/ifo.st/typefaces
> /usr/lib/X11R4/libX11.sl
> /usr/lib/X11R5/libX11.sl
> /usr/lib/X11R5/libX11.a
> 
> (I don't have a libX11.2 on my 9.05 I guess, but I did find
> different versions of the dynamically loadable versions.)
> 
> I highly recommend reading about the unix find command.
> It can be used to do a lot of useful little jobs
> (esp using the -exec option to have it do some specified
> command to all the files the find command finds.)
> 
>   - r
> 
> 
> Rick Riolo                       address@hidden
> Program for Study of Complex Systems (PSCS)
> 4068 Randall Lab     University of Michigan
> Ann Arbor MI 48109-1120
> http://pscs.physics.lsa.umich.edu/PEOPLE/rlr-home.html
> 
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