how to use find commnad to show only path of the result - UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

umen · #1 (**permalink**) 02-04-2008

Hello all
say i like to find files i do :
find . -name "*.txt"
but if i like to find ( and print out ) only the path's where the files are ( the *.txt files )
what can i add to the find command ?

pt14 · #2 (**permalink**) 02-04-2008

find . -name "*.txt" -exec dirname {} \; | sort -u

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