Hi, im a new member. Nice to meet you!

I have a question, if someone could help me, ill really apreciate. It would make my daily work easier.

i want to make a depth search of files in /log which the first 4 characters duplicate and with .kur extension.

Example:

/log/1/0124_155178.cas
/log/1/0227_155155.kur
/log/1/0227_155911.kur

In this case i would like this on screen:

/log/1/0227_155155.kur
/log/1/0227_155911.kur

im new in unix , ive tried this:

find /log . -name *.kur | uniq -d -w 4

but it dosent seem to work, but if i go into a directory that has duplicates it works with

ls | uniq -d -w 4

Why the first command dosent work?

Sorry for my terrible english, i try my best.

Edit: Sorry i just saw theres a "UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers" forum. Could someone move this thread there? Thanks in advance.

no dot in your command.

Thanks for your answer but it dosent work. It stops searching in 10 sec and it gives only 1 result when theres a lot of duplicates in diferent directorys and that result it isnt even duplicated.

if i go directly to a directory that has duplicates with a ls | uniq -d -w 4 works fine. I want to do a complete search in /log.

thanks in advance

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Just found what is happening, if i do -w 4 it reads the first 4 characters of the full path. How can i do so it reads the first 4 characters from the file name?

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nevermind , i have it. Thanks