Find File Path in Linux: locate & find

To find the path of a file, you can use the find command or the locate command. Here are two methods:

1. Use the command find:
2. search for a file named filename in the root directory
3. This will search for a file named filename throughout the entire file system and return its path.
4. Utilize the locate command:
5. find the name of the file
6. This will search for a file named filename in the locate database and return its path. Please note that the locate command may not return the most recent file path as it is based on periodically updated databases.

Additionally, you can use the whereis command to find the paths of executable files, source code files, and help files.

whereis filename