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Old 06-18-2007
How to find the list of files
How to find the list of files of particular type present in Directory and sub-directory.
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Old 06-18-2007
Senthilk,
To find files in a directory and sub-directories, you can use the
"find" command.
What do you mean by "list of files of particular type"?
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Old 06-19-2007
Quote:
Originally Posted by senthilk615
How to find the list of files of particular type present in Directory and sub-directory.
Code:
find ./ | xargs file | awk -F":" ' /ascii text/ { sub("^.*/",""); print $1 } '

Replace "ascii text" by the type of file you require
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