How do I find a file by filename in Mac OSX terminal?

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In its simplest form, find takes one parameter: the path. In its actually useful form, it takes the path followed by narrowing criteria.

Thus, you want:

find (the program)
/ (the path), and
-name abc.dmg (the criteria).

find / -name abc.dmg

ANSWER 2

Score 76

find . -name '*.csv' for instance worked for me with wildcards. OP could also use find . -name '*.dmg' to check his current directory, assuming he was in /.

ANSWER 3

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The mdfind command uses the Spotlight database

http://developer.apple.com/library/mac/documentation/Darwin/Reference/ManPages/man1/mdfind.1.html

ANSWER 4

Score 10

You can use the locate command.

locate abc.dmg