1. Search file name: find command
a. How does the desktop system search for a file name?
Windows or Linux system comes with a visualized search file name function
b. How does the Linux terminal search for a file name?
Example: Find all bin files in the entire system Command: sudo find / -name bin
c. IDE such as Pycharm will open the entire project, press the shift key twice to open the file search function
2. Search text content: grep command
a. IDE such as Pycharm will open the entire project, Ctrl+H can open the entire project text content search function
Edit-->Find-->Find in Path
b.How to search text content in Linux terminal?
for example:
Find all files with the string'hello world' in the entire system: sudo grep -rin'hello world' /
Find all files containing the string'hello world' in the current directory: sudo grep -rin'hello world' *
Explanation:
r: recursive search
i: Ignore case
n: display the line number found
'hello world': the text string to find
/ From the root directory (search in the entire system), you can also write the file name, multiple separated by spaces, or * represents the search in all files in the current directory
