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Top Forums UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers find command: names matching the expression Post 302718991 by jim mcnamara on Sunday 21st of October 2012 07:28:54 PM
Old 10-21-2012
Code:
find /path/to/directory/tree -type d |  grep '.*20120101.*' | grep -v -F './20120101$'

I am not sure exactly what you asked, so give this a whirl. IF it has a problem get back to us. This finds any directory with 20120101 anywhere in the name in then removes those that end EXACTLY with 20120101.

two sources of confusion: -
you say that you don't want directories that start with 20120101 and then show one in your desired output.
The other problem is that I can't tell if this is for all dates or just 20120101
 

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ZGREP(1)						      General Commands Manual							  ZGREP(1)

NAME
zgrep - search possibly compressed files for a regular expression SYNOPSIS
zgrep [ grep_options ] [ -e ] pattern filename... DESCRIPTION
Zgrep invokes grep on compressed or gzipped files. These grep options will cause zgrep to terminate with an error code: (-[drRzZ]|--di*|--exc*|--inc*|--rec*|--nu*). All other options specified are passed directly to grep. If no file is specified, then the standard input is decompressed if necessary and fed to grep. Otherwise the given files are uncompressed if necessary and fed to grep. If the GREP environment variable is set, zgrep uses it as the grep program to be invoked. EXIT CODE
2 - An option that is not supported was specified. AUTHOR
Charles Levert (charles@comm.polymtl.ca) SEE ALSO
grep(1), gzexe(1), gzip(1), zdiff(1), zforce(1), zmore(1), znew(1) ZGREP(1)
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