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Find actual file by only file name, not literally everything non-related

PuTTY/SSH and logged in as root I simply want to find any instances of the file PEAR.php. I've looked through a dozen different tutorials but they seem to just copy-paste the same instructions. An ...
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Find & remove files that are uploaded through Cpanel x minutes ago, using SSH

I have a Cpanel login of remote system into which I have uploaded a number of folders and files scattered throughout the structure. But I remember that I did this a few minutes ago, roughly x minutes ...
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Recursively find files that have a percentage of lines in common

Is possible to recursively find files that have a percentage of lines in common? I want an output where I have only files that are 50% the same of others or have 20+ lines in common. I'm trying to ...
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combining find with other commands: when to use -exec and when to use pipe? [duplicate]

I've learned to use the find command by itself to find files and directories however when it comes to doing something with the files/folders I'm confused. Given the following command: find . -type f ...
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