Find File in Current Directory

Copyright 1997, Pragma Systems Inc.

find.exe

Find is used to find a file in a given directory and in all of its sub directories. To search the current directory a "." needs to be put in the place of directory. Find File shows the full directory path and name where the file (or files) is located.

USAGE:

find directory search_expression 

COMMAND OPTIONS:

directory    Directory to begin search in 

search_expression   File search string 

EXAMPLES:

To find a file, "waste.txt" in the current directory and its subdirectories, type: 

find . waste.txt (dot is important for searching current directory)

 To find all .c files on the C: drive, type: 

find C:\ *.c