how can i get the find command to display the filename without the path.

example:

find /tmp/test

/tmp/test1
/tmp/test2
/tmp/test3

should return

test1
test2
test3

i'm using bash.

also, whats the best way to ignore the . and .. directories?

thanks!

find . -name "test*" |awk -F/ '{print $NF}'

hi,

i hope the below will work for you,

basename `find .....`

basename ---> diplays only the file name.

thanks this worked great!

any good ideas on an easy way to filter out the . and .. ?

Hi Thanks it is working .... I have doubt

I want to list the files in a particular directory having *.dat without displaying the pathnames.


Ex: /home/usr/local/data
in this directory I have 5 dat files

I want to list the files of this directory with out displaying the path from home directory ..

Plz help me

@madankumar
Please check your original thread:
List the files without directory path

No need to hijack this one

pooga17's solution works, so where is the doubt... you just have to modify the starting path and the name you are looking for...