12-11-2009
Searching for file names in a directory while ignoring certain file names
Sun Solaris Unix Question
Haven't been able to find any solution for this situation. Let's just say the file names listed below exist in a directory. I want the find command to find all files in this directory but at the same time I want to eliminate certain file names or files with certain extensions. For example :
Files in directory
----------------
testfile1.txt
testfile2.txt
testfile3.txt
testfile4.txt
testfile1.exe
testfile2.exe
testfile3.exe
testfile4.exe
I have a find command like :
find . -name '*' -print > filelist.lst
This would obviously give me all of the file names listed above in the file called filelist.lst.
However, what command syntax would I use if I wanted to ignore *.exe files. So, in the end this find command should generate a file called filelist.lst which should contain only the names of the files that end in .txt.
I tried the -not command but that is not valid in my version of Sun Solaris. (i.e. find . -name "*' -not \( -name "*.exe" \) -print > filelist.lst )
---------- Post updated at 03:09 PM ---------- Previous update was at 02:57 PM ----------
Disregard. I finally found the answer.
find . -name '*' ! -name '*.exe' -print > filelist.lst
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MKBOM(8) BSD System Manager's Manual MKBOM(8)
NAME
mkbom -- create a bill-of-materials file
SYNOPSIS
mkbom [-s] directory bom
mkbom [-s] -i filelist bom
mkbom -h | --help
DESCRIPTION
The mkbom command creates a bill-of-materials (bom(5)). You must specify either a source as a directory, or a text file containing a file
listing as outputted by lsbom(8). mkbom will generate bill-of-materials information based on that information. Any existing bomfile will be
overwritten by the new bomfile.
Options:
-h print full usage
-s create a simplified bom containing only file paths
-i filelist use the information in filelist, one entry per line, to construct the bom file. The format of the file should match lsbom(8)
output with no formatting options (the default). If -s is given to mkbom, the input filelist should contain only pathnames, as
with lsbom -s.
SEE ALSO
bom(5), ditto(8), mkbom(8)
HISTORY
The mkbom command appeared in NeXTSTEP as a tool to create bom files used during installation.
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