Useful Ubuntu Commands

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Find

Search within files

ack-grep -i "search string with.*regex"

Find a file by filename

See help.ubuntu.com/community/FindingFiles

find ~/my-dir/ -iname '*.moo'

sudo find /rootdir/ -iname 'moo.*'

System Configuration

Screen Brightness

sudo intel_backlight 40

The above command sets the screen brightness to 40%.