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Old 01-10-2010
find command -- listing files twice
I noticed the other day that after i used the find command to search for some files, the computer listed them twice -- first with just the names of the files (meaning ./(then the individual file names), then with the directory name, followed by the file names (./directory name/file name). I was already in the desired directory, and I don't think this has ever happened before. Can someone tell me why it does this and how to fix it? Is there something wrong?

I'm using Mac OS X Snow Leopard, obviously in the terminal application.
Last edited by Straitsfan; 01-10-2010 at 09:23 PM..
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Old 01-11-2010
Could you give the complete find command? Maybe it's a switch that's doing it.
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Old 01-11-2010
No need --

I didn't notice that I had moved a later copy of that subdirectory from my flash drive (which I needed since I was travelling) into the original subdirectory, making it a subdirectory of the subdirectory, containing copies of all the original files on my hard drive. All I needed to do then was move the files I created on the flash drive to my hard drive, then a simple srm to remove the copied folder and files.

I. am. such. an. idiot. DOH! :-)

But, just out of curiosity, what do you mean by switch?
 
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