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Old 01-06-2011
find syntax
i'm trying to find out how to find in my directory and subdirectories a certain file. once i find that file, i need to select that folder and copy it the location or output it to a new text file.

i know how to find the file by using

find . -name \*.pl | sort -n

but idk how to select the different folders that these files are in.
# 2  
Old 01-06-2011
Use the dirname(1) command to extract the folder name of the file.

HTH
# 3  
Old 01-06-2011
Code:
find . -name \*.pl | xargs -l dirname | sort | uniq -d

# 4  
Old 01-06-2011
thank you.

i have a question

this seems to do the same thing

Code:
find . -name \*.xls -exec dirname {} \; | sort | uniq


but is there something wrong with this syntax?
# 5  
Old 01-06-2011
No, it's same I believe. You can use this
# 6  
Old 01-06-2011
ahah which do you like more?
# 7  
Old 01-06-2011
exec should be better than xargs.
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