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Old 09-27-2010
Find filename in the given directory
Hi ,

I have question for search the filename in directory.

For example my DIR contains these files...
testA123.txt
testB123.txt
testB345.txt
testA345.txt

i want to show the filenames which contains 'testA7'...

Help me
# 2  
Old 09-27-2010
Code:
ls + grep

# 3  
Old 09-27-2010
Code:
for file in *testA7*

# 4  
Old 09-27-2010
Thanks

I am using like
code : ls grep *testA*
its working but error also coming with the answer....
please tel the exact code....
# 5  
Old 09-27-2010
Use shell expansion instead of ls + grep. You save calling extra processes.
# 6  
Old 09-27-2010
find . name "testA" -type f
# 7  
Old 09-27-2010
Quote:
Originally Posted by karthinvk
i want to show the filenames which contains 'testA7'...
Containing or starting with. IOW: ls *testA7*.txt or ls testA7*.txt
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