Searching for filenames containing specific word

Question

How do i search for filenames containing a word (or multiple words), starting from some directory (not case sensitive) ?

sudodus · Accepted Answer · 2017-11-11T16:42:37.483

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The following command should work, where you have permissions
```
find /start-directory -name "*word*"
```
where you replace /start-directory with your particular directory path.
in the current directory with
```
find . -name "*word*"
```
and the following command should work, where you need elevated permissions, for example to search the whole computer (via the root directory /
```
sudo find / -name "*word*"
```

edited Nov 11 '17 at 16:42

answered Nov 11 '17 at 14:57

sudodus

You seem to be missing a find in the last example - also the OP specified case-insensitivity (-iname rather than -name) and multiple search terms (e.g. -iname '*foo*' -iname '*bar*') – steeldriver Nov 11 '17 at 15:03

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