There are times when you want to access a specific file but can’t find it on your Linux system. While there are many ways with which we can search and locate files and directories on Linux, the easiest and quickest is probably through the terminal.
This guide will show you how to use “find” and “locate” commands to find files and directories on your Linux file systems.
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