Don, your find does not visit any subdirectories,
while my find visits non-hidden subdirectories.
One precision: -maxdepth 1 can be replaced by \( ! -name <basestartdir> -prune \)
where <basestartdir> is . when the start directory is ..
Therefore, I would append /. to a startdir, and add -type d for clarity:
And perhaps add -print or -o -print (there is a difference!) for even more clarity.
Yes.
The original request (Find all files in the current directory only excluding hidden directories and files.) is ambiguous. With the reference to -maxdepth, I thought the intent was to "find all files in the current directory only (excluding hidden directories and (hidden) files)". But, I guess it could also be read as "find all files in the current directory (only excluding hidden directories) and files (in non-hidden directories)".
Maybe ksailesh1 will give us a better description with a small sample file hierarchy and the desired output.
Hi ,
I am trying to use the find command with delete in a directory . Even though i use a wil character search the find command is checking the hidden files which inturn results in error .
Can i avoid look that into the hidden files ?? I am using HP unix .
find /cv1/ -name "ite*"... (3 Replies)
Hi,
I have a filename Location.txt in a directory /abc.
Similar name file is present in its subdirectory /abc/xyz.
I want to find the file which is present only in /abc and not in /abc/xyz.
Please any1 of u can provide a quick suggestion.
Its very urgent.
Thanks,
Amol (2 Replies)
Hello,
Using the instruction mget (within ftp) and with "Interactive mode off", I want to get all files from directory (DirAA), but not the files in sub-directories.
The files names don't follow any defined rule, so they can be just letters without (.) period
Directory structure example: ... (0 Replies)
I have been searching, and cannot find an answer for this. I am trying to find all files for a user, lets call him (test001), and I want to exclude a specific directory.
Here is the command I run, it finds all files:
find / -user test001
I get this result:
> find / -user test001 ... (4 Replies)
Can anyone come up with a unix command that lists
all the files, directories and sub-directories in the current directory
except a folder called log.?
Thank you in advance. (7 Replies)
Hi,
I have to find specific files only in the current directory...not in the sub directories.
But when I use Find command ... it searches all the files in the current directory as well as in the subdirectories. I am using AIX-UNIX machine.Please help..
I am using the below command. And i am... (2 Replies)
Hi Forum,
I am using the below command to find files older than x days in a directory excluding subdirectories. From the previous forums I got to know that prune command helps us not to descend in subdirectories. Though I am using it here, not getting the desired result.
cd $dir... (8 Replies)
Hi All,
requirement is to find and remove the files from sub directories but it should exclude the files from parent directory.
At present i am using the below one but it finds and remove files from both parent and sub directories.
find ${PATH} -type f \( -name securitas\* -o -name \*gz... (1 Reply)
hello.
I try to print a list of files but excluding some directories and some files.
I would like to write a command for :
find "from_dir" "ignore dir1, dir2, ..." "ignore file1, file2,...." "where file are older than 2017-02-03T06:00:00"
Note that "DO_IT" is a local function in the script... (5 Replies)
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whereis
whereis(1) General Commands Manual whereis(1)NAME
whereis - Locates files for programs
SYNOPSIS
whereis [-bms] [-u] [-BMS directory... -f] program...
The whereis command locates source, binary, and/or reference page files for the specified program program.
OPTIONS
The -b, -m, and -s options can be used in combination to restrict the search. Searches for an executable program. Searches for the refer-
ence page for a program. Searches for the sources of a program.
Use the -B, -M, and -S options to change or limit the places whereis searches. Specifies the binary directories to search. Specifies the
reference page directories to search. Specifies the source directories to search.
The other options that can be used with whereis are as follows: Terminates the last directory list and signals the start of program names.
Used with other options to indicate when there is no file for program in the default or specified directory or directories (source, binary,
or reference page).
DESCRIPTION
The whereis program locates source, binary, and reference pages for the specified programs. When looking for a match, the program names
are stripped of leading pathname components and any trailing extensions of the form (for example, s. resulting from the use of the Source
Code Control System see sccs(1), are also handled.
The default directories searched by the whereis command are as follows: /etc /etc/nls /sbin /usr/bin /usr/lbin /usr/lbin/spell /usr/ccs/lib
/usr/lib /usr/local /usr/hosts /usr/sbin
EXAMPLES
To find files matching cat in the default source, binary, and reference directories, enter: whereis cat To search for reference pages for
app13 in the directory /usr/local/man, enter: whereis -M /usr/local/man -f -f appl3 To find the programs in /usr/bin that do not have ref-
erence pages in /usr/share/man/man1 with source files in /usr/src/cmd, enter: whereis -u -M /usr/share/man/man1
-S /usr/src/cmd -f /usr/bin/* To find which files in the current directory either have no reference pages in the default reference
directories or have more than one, enter: whereis -m -u *
FILES
Default binary directories. Default binary directories. Default reference directories. Default source directories.
SEE ALSO
Commands: apropos(1), find(1), man(1), which(1), catman(8)whereis(1)