I am trying to get around rh9 and find it is not as easy as winME.
But it sure seems stable!
Can anyone help me with tree. I have tried to search my complete system for different files, but can't make the -P pattern so it understands me. I have used tree -aP http.conf plus other forms with wildcards but its obvious I don't know what I'm doing.
Thank you,
Jerry

try

find -name http.conf /

Isn't the syntax for the find command like this instead:

d'oh... it is

Thank you for your response.
What I was looking for was a equivelant to the search utility in winME. If your'e not familar with it, it will search which ever drive/drives that you want.
I just tried find /httpd.conf and all it did was do a minimum search.
Do you know if you can add switches to expand the search area?
Jerry

Unless I am miss-reading, the command you want to use is
Not
Also, you can look in the man page of find for more info.

Thank you I'll try it out.
Jerry

You may also want to look at the "locate" command.

It searches a database instead of your harddrive.

Basically, you use the "updatedb" command to make the database of your harddrive.

Then you do a "locate [file/keyword]" and it will spit out where that file is or files w/ that keyword Instantly (because its searching a small database instead of the harddrive).

The downside is that you will only find files thats as up-to-date as the database, but you can update it any time you want.

This is one thing that makes linux great. I mean, its nice being able to search a whole harddrive instantly.

"man locate" , "man updatedb" for more info.

Thank you very much, with the (-) it kept searching until it found the exact match.
Have a nice day
Jerry