How do I use grep to search files in a Unix directory by letter?

Son of Wonder Weirdo · #1 03-02-2010, 10:04 PM

How do I use grep to search files in a Unix directory by letter?

I have to search through my Unix home directory for all files that start with the letter, 'm' but I have no idea how to do it. It's probably really obvious.

ba' mkuru · #2 03-02-2010, 10:04 PM

I use find like so:

find /home/you -name m* -print

or if you are already in the home directory

find -name m* -print

PersoninNeed · #3 03-02-2010, 10:04 PM

enter the terminal
then change your directory to your home directory

and punch in this command:
ls m*