On Thu, Feb 12, 2015 at 10:33:35PM -0800, Wayne E. Van Loon Sr. wrote:
> I don't know if all distributions have this feature, but from the 
> command line, as root, run: "updatedb"
> Then from the command line: "locate filename"
> or even just part of the file's name.
> You may want to pipe the output into a read only editor like more or less.

Going that route it's advisable to try 'locate FIlENAME | grep bin' first or 
you 
may get screens of other  information.

-- 
      Michael Rasmussen, Portland Oregon  
    Be Appropriate && Follow Your Curiosity
Plan for the future, because that is where you are going to spend the rest of 
your life. 
    ~ Mark Twain
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