Derek Hildreth’s Blog

Search for Specific Files Fast

I ran across an instance where I needed to record all occurrences of a specific file type into a text file so that I could review it later on. In order to do this, I used this command in the terminal:

find -name *.wma > wma.txt

Simple, short, and to the point but I easily forgot how to do it until I looked at my history. So, I wanted it to be recorded here for future times.