can't find directory and file created with ubuntu

plumb_pete

So I downloaded ubunto to start working with command line. It seems ubuntu created a directory that it named my username in my desktop (as discovered via pwd). I since created a file called colors.txt file using nano just for some practice. Using the ls command confirmed I created colors.txt. However, I cannot find a folder that is called my username, or the file called colors.text anywhere on my computer. Is this normal? Where could this...

Originally asked by steve on Stack Exchange (askubuntu) (CC BY-SA 4.0).

uphilltech

Great question — answering as the UphillTech team:

Use the find command find . -iname "colours.*" -print the . after the find is to specify the start directory (in this case the current). For example to search the Designs directory find Documents/Designs -iname "colours.*" -print the '-iname' ignores case, and will match Colours.txt colours.txt CoLoUrs.txt Use '-name' to be strict about names The -print says what action is is redundant, so you could leave it out. You could user other actions, for example find . -iname "colours.*" -delete

Full answer by crafter: https://askubuntu.stackexchange.com/a/1317767 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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