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URL: https://askubuntu.com/q/1162893
Title: How to search for all the files starting with the name "ABC" in a directory?
ID: /2019/08/02/How-to-search-for-all-the-files-starting-with-the-name-_ABC_-in-a-directory_
Created: August 2, 2019    Edited:  August 2, 2019
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If you don’t know the directory the ABC* files are located in, and you have millions of files, the locate command is the fastest method.

$ locate /ABC
/mnt/clone/home/rick/.cache/mozilla/firefox/9fu0cuql.default/cache2/entries/ABC6AD2FEC16465049B48D39FD2FE538258F2A34
/mnt/clone/home/rick/.cache/mozilla/firefox/9fu0cuql.default/cache2/entries/ABCBFDA54262F47253F95ED6ED4131A465EE0E39
/mnt/clone/usr/src/linux-headers-5.0.1-050001/tools/lib/lockdep/tests/ABCABC.sh
/mnt/clone/usr/src/linux-headers-5.0.1-050001/tools/lib/lockdep/tests/ABCDBCDA.sh
/mnt/clone/usr/src/linux-headers-5.0.1-050001/tools/lib/lockdep/tests/ABCDBDDA.sh
/mnt/old/home/rick/.cache/mozilla/firefox/3vkvi6ov.default/cache2/entries/ABC0C99FCEABAD0C6AA2078CD025A1CDE48D7BA1
/usr/src/linux-headers-5.0.1-050001/tools/lib/lockdep/tests/ABCABC.sh
/usr/src/linux-headers-5.0.1-050001/tools/lib/lockdep/tests/ABCDBCDA.sh
/usr/src/linux-headers-5.0.1-050001/tools/lib/lockdep/tests/ABCDBDDA.sh

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