How to search for a file and copy it to somewhere else in terminal

So basically how can I search for a file on my computer named "testingtesting.txt" and copy it to my desktop using terminal? I have very little experience in terminal, so I was going to try and use the mdfind command, then store that output as a variable, and use that variable as the source for the cp command, but I feel like there is probably a much simpler method. So basically how could I find a file named "testingtesting.txt", copy it, and paste it to my desktop using terminal.

Is there any particular reason that you must use Terminal?
You could just download the free EasyFind from the App Store and find the file quickly. Do whatever you wish with it.
Good luck,
Clinton

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http://www.javapractices.com/Topic68.cjp
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How would you search all PDF files that had the word "supervisor" inside the document?
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>
Say I got 10 millions files. in order to make the
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