I lost some movie folders, need help to find them.

[Glenn R Williams]

On Tuesday 18 November 2008 13:36:11 Steven Vollom wrote:
> Glenn R Williams wrote:
> > On Tuesday 18 November 2008 01:06:00 Michael Hirsch wrote:
> >> On Mon, Nov 17, 2008 at 5:33 PM, Steven Vollom
> >>
> >> <stevenvollom at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> >>> I changed the configuration on my Ktorrent program.  I created an
> >>> instruction so that when downloads completed they be transferred to
> >>> /media/sdb5/Completed Downloads.  The problem is, I meant to put them
> >>> in /media/sda5/CompletedDownloads.
> >>>
> >>> I have a problem with my sdb5 partition, in fact I have lots of
> >>> problems with the partitions on that HDD.  In any event, my computer
> >>> doesn't think it does exist.  I intended to place the folders in sda5
> >>> not sdb5. The problem is that several movies were downloaded and
> >>> Ktorrent was instructed to put them in a folder that my computer
> >>> doesn't think exists.  They went some place, but I don't know where.  I
> >>> ran a find on one of the titles, but nothing came up.
> >>>
> >>> When a user screws up, do his errors just vaporize, or does the
> >>> computer put them some place?  And, can a person find that place?  TIA.
> >>
> >> The two tools I use for this are "locate" and "find".
> >>
> >> Locate is a database of files on your system.  If you know the name of
> >> the file (say it is "myfile.mp4") try running
> >>    locate myfile.mp4
> >> or, if all you remember is the .mp4 extension run
> >>    locate .mp4
> >>
> >> If the file is quite new it might not be in the locate database yet,
> >> so try using find:
> >>   find / -name *.mp4
> >> This will take a long time, and will spit out every file you have that
> >> ends in .mp4.
> >>
> >> Both these commands have manual pages.  Run
> >>    <ALT>-F2 man:find
> >> or
> >>    <ALT>-F2 man:locate
> >> for all the gory detail.
> >>
> >> Michael
> >
> > Just a small note apropos the thread "Question on find inconsistency".
> > Your example of using find _needs to have the argument quoted_ to protect
> > it from shell expansion:
>
> In your comment the underline.  I know I should know, but I don't know
> the language.  Which part would be the argument?  What is protecting it
> from shell expansion and why is that bad?
> Thanks!    Steven
>
> > find / -name '*.mp4'
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Glenn

Steve,

the argument in my example was '*.mp4' and it needs to be in single quotes. 
Otherwise you will get an error.

Best,

Glenn