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Top Forums UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers find Files in sub-directory Post 302923620 by cmarzan on Monday 3rd of November 2014 11:06:00 PM
Old 11-04-2014
find Files in sub-directory

Hi

Just want to ask, Is it possible to find a file from a directory up to its sub-directories?

Thanks,
cmarzan

Last edited by cmarzan; 11-04-2014 at 12:06 AM.. Reason: typo
 

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fslint is a toolset to find various problems with filesystems, including duplicate files and problematic filenames etc. Individual command line tools are available in addition to the GUI and to access them, one can change to, or add to $PATH the /usr/share/fslint/fslint directory on a standard install. Each of these commands in that directory have a --help option which further details its parameters. findup - find DUPlicate files findnl - find Name Lint (problems with filenames) findu8 - find filenames with invalid utf8 encoding findbl - find Bad Links (various problems with symlinks) findsn - find Same Name (problems with clashing names) finded - find Empty Directories findid - find files with dead user IDs findns - find Non Stripped executables findrs - find Redundant Whitespace in files findtf - find Temporary Files findul - find possibly Unused Libraries zipdir - Reclaim wasted space in ext2 directory entries PARAMETERS
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