LOCATING

SEARCHING FOR FILES

root@sa:~$ find / -iname {searchTerm} -type f 2>/dev/null

SEARCHING FOR DIRECTORIES

root@sa:~$ find / -iname {searchTerm} -type d 2>/dev/null

SEARCHING CMD HISTORY

root@sa:~$ CTRL+R 
bck-i-search: {searchTerm}

SEARCHING FOR CONTENTS WITHIN FILES RECURSIVELY

grep -ri {pattern} / 2>/dev/null
 * -r means search recursively
 * -i means ignore case

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