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I am using Ubuntu and I want to search for a specific Directory called "sdk".

All that I know is, that "sdk" Directory is located somewhere under /user Directory

how can I search for "sdk" Directory from the terminal?

I tried the following find / -name example docs -type d

but it says no such file or Directory.

Abdulla Nilam
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  • try ```locate sdk``` – Bernard 'Beta Berlin' Parah Dec 19 '17 at 12:54
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you can search for directory by using find with flag -name

you should use

find /user -name "sdk" -type d

meaning find directories named sdk in or below the directory /user

or if you want to be case-insensitive

find /user -iname "sdk" -type d
Julio Spinelli
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    For perf reasons put the `-type d` before the name check as it's cheaper to check if a node is a directory. The order matters with `find` – mike3996 Mar 25 '19 at 10:58
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Please try the below command.

locate foldername | grep /foldername$
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Swapan Shaw
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    `locate -r` accepts a regex so no need to grep. Besides, linux/unix has directories, not folders – mike3996 Mar 25 '19 at 10:59
  • This solution worked a lot better for me than the one with all the votes because the other solution seemed to return every directory. Using just ```locate directory``` like the other comment says has the problem of returning all sub directories that have it in the path. – zawy Feb 13 '22 at 12:08