Unix command to find certain files

hello,
i have a powerbook g4 running leopard... i want to find all files related to a certain program or app. What would the unix command be to find all files related to a certain program or app.
Also... is there unix commands to find all related preferences or cached items?
Any help would be great.

find / -name "*.doc"
where "*.doc" would find all files ending in .doc
and / is the root (top most) directory. You may specify a different starting point
find $HOME -name "*.pdf"
or even multiple starting directories
find ~username1 ~username2 ~username3 -name "*.zip"
You may specify more than one type of file to locate
find $HOME $ -name "*.dmg" -or -name "*.plist" $
You may also want to look at the xargs command, as well as find's "-print0" option and xargs' "-0" option
find $HOME -name "*.txt" -print0 | xargs -0 grep "magic"

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