How can you find the phone number on Linux for ace electronics in a file named phone that contains a list of names and phonenumbers?

Answer 1

grep 'ace electronics' phonelist

will return all the lines in the file phonelist that contain the phrase 'ace electronic'

grep -i 'ace electronics' phonelist

will do likewise but case-insensitively

Answer 2

If the list is in a text file: click on Edit and Find and type ace and press Enter to begin a search. If the list is on a spreadsheet: you can still use Edit and Find, or use sort on the name column, so putting ace near the top of the section beginning with the letter "A".