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Finding the absolute path of any file

jc -  
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How to find the absolute path of any file in Unix?

By running ll -R | grep machin, it does not show where the file is located

thank you
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jipicy Posted messages 40842 Registration date   Status Modérateur Last intervention   4 898
 
Hi,

There is no shortage of possibilities: 
find / -name "le_fichier" whereis le_fichier which le_fichier type le_fichier locate le_fichier
See the "man" pages for "find, whereis, and which" and the "man bash" for the other 2...

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jc
 
Hi
thanks for your response, but concerning:

whereis -> it only looks for commands
which -> it only searches in certain directories

with find it's perfect

thanks
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laldo > jc
 
Well, for my part, when I type find / -name "mon_fichier"
I do get the absolute path of mon_fichier displayed, but this command also returns many other lines, which does not allow me to retrieve the path of this file to then manipulate it using a variable "the_path_of_my_file"
Thank you for your response.
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Réponse 2 / 4
errno
 
ABS_PATH='readlink -f $REL_PATH'
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Réponse 3 / 4
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`pwd` to get the full path of the directory you are in. With an `ls`, a well-placed `grep`, and a bit of string concatenation, you'll achieve your goal.
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lami20j Posted messages 21506 Registration date   Status Modérateur, Contributeur sécurité Last intervention   3 570
 
Hello,

whereis -> it only searches for commands
which -> it only searches in certain directories

More specific from shell beginner's usage guide

The difference between whereis and which

* whereis - searches for executable files, source files, and manual pages of a command
* which - searches in the PATH variable for executable files
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