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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