How and where to find i.e. HOSTS !?

[Matt Morgan]

On Dec 6, 2007 2:44 PM, Miano, Steven M. <Steven.Miano at mybrighthouse.com> wrote:
> > Gerald Dachs wrote:
> >
> > > Quoting SYNass IT Ubuntu / Linux <i-ubux at synass.net>:
> > >
> > >> How can I search i.e HOSTS like I did till now:
> > >> dir hosts /s
> > >
> > > find / -name hosts
> >
> > if updatedb is running regularly (I don't know if it's standard in Ubuntu,
> > these days),
> >
> > # locate hosts
> >
> > is much faster.
> > --
> > derek
>
>
>
> user at host: Whereis hosts
>
> Would also be a bit quicker.

And for newbies, I strongly recommend

man find
man locate
man whereis

so you know the difference. Since man pages can be pretty hard to
figure out before you get used to them (but try), I'll also explain

find -- does a million things and is great to know well
locate -- just finds files, quickly, as long as updatedb is running regularly
whereis -- finds only files in your PATH, so it's good for searching
for executables.

--Matt