[paulmd]

-name and -iname are the commands to know.

But yeah, I think that's the default novice way of using find. I cannot agree with you and the article hard enough - I have an intense, irrational aversion to using 'find' that's absolutely incomparable to my feelings on any other Unix tool. I really can't think of any other utility which needs so many inane arguments to achieve a basic level of functionality. I even hate cracking open the manpages on it - I'll try to bring myself to do it, and then I decide "you know what, fuck it, I'll grep for it".

This is where I throw in a quick plug for bropages. Best tool ever, cannot recommend strongly enough. It's the second thing I install on a new system, right after etc-keeper.