You can also use the find command to find a file and then carry out a command on that file. To do this use the command:
find pathname -name filename -print -exec command {}\;
To be prompted for confirmation before the command is executed use the command:
find pathname -name filename -print -ok command {}\;
The command must be followed by a \(backslash) and a ; (semi-colon). The {} (pair of braces) substitute the pathname of the file that is found as an argument to the command.