Find command

Hi,

This may seem like a basic and rather silly question but I can't find the answer anywhere else!

I am trying to locate my php.ini file on a shared virtual hosting system using:

find / -name *php.ini*

Problem is that it lists far too many results and alot of the results include 'Permission denied'

Is there anyway to filter out the Permission denied
files?
Is there anyway to limit the number of results?

Thanks,

If you are just looking for a file called php.ini then this command will find any files called php.ini on your filesystem:



If you want to get rid of all the "Permission Denied" errors, then do this:



This redirects any errors to a blackhole.

If you want to display the results one page at a time, then do this:



This sends the results to the "more" pager, which lets you view them one page at a time. Hit space to view the next page.

Finally, if you know part of the file path, then you can filter the results by that. For example, if you know it was in a directory called conf, this filter will only return php.ini files in your home



Hope this helps!

Hi Alex,

You are a well-mannered and considerate man with high standards of proper behavior - a gentleman.

Many thanks for your time.

On a sidenote - you might want to take a look at locate. It requires you to updatedb every so often, but speedwise it is significantly better. And easier to use as well.

You can also look at the phpinfo() page. The php.ini file's location is identified there as well.