How do I find a directory when I'm connected through SSH?

Question

I am inside the home directory of a Linux machine (which I logged into using Putty).

From there on I need to find a folder named my-web1.0.

Is there any way to go know the path of that directory named my-web1.0?

• Sujoy: locate can be handy and fast if you are running updatedb already

Answer 1

You can use the find command:

find $HOME -name my-web1.0 -type d -print

If that doesn't produce any results, the folder is probably somewhere else. Try / instead of $HOME but that might take some time (searches the whole disk).

[EDIT] That will print the path. Use cd "path" to go there. The quotes are only necessary when the path contains spaces.

• Konerak: And if you use / as path, append a 2>/dev/null at the end of the command.
• Konerak: Do notice the original question also asked "how to go to the path", this answer merely replies how to find the path.

Answer 2

if my-web1.0 is within your home folder:

cd ~
find . -type d -name 'my-web1.0'

if you don't know where it is at all:

find / -type d -name 'my-web1.0'

Answer 3

Try using the tree view

sudo apt-get install tree

then

tree -L 1

or just use

tree

You can obtain more information about it using

man tree