Find file using the file name in Ubuntu

To find a file by the filename, do the following:

find . -name "filename*"

Do a case-insensitive search using -iname:

find . -iname "filename*"

The asterisk ("*") may be used as a wildcard.

anonymous – Oct 19, 2012
Thanks for the command. Perhaps I messid a step but if you are searching multiple archives how can you tell which one contains the file.Also if I'm looking for a file named config it will match all files containing the work config.Not sure how to go about solving these issues. Let me know if you have any thoughts on solutions.
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