How can I find a specific file from a Linux terminal?

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Andy picture Andy · Sep 18, 2011 · Viewed 149.7k times · Source

I am trying to find where index.html is located on my linux server, and was wondering if there was a command to do that. Very new to linux and appreciate any help I can get.

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datalost picture datalost · Sep 18, 2011

Find from root path find / -name "index.html"

Find from current path find . -name "index.html"

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