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Old 03-08-2011
searching different multiple directories
Suppose I have 5 different directories in some path .Is it possible to search 5 different directories using find command in one single command line.

I mean something like this:-
find path -type d -name dirname1 dirname2 ..........

pls help
# 2  
Old 03-08-2011
You can supply multiple paths to GNU find and Solaris find (SunOS 5.10)
eg.
Code:
ls -R test/
test/:
dir1  dir2  dir3

test/dir1:
test.txt

test/dir2:
test.txt

test/dir3:
test.txt
~/ $ find test/dir1 test/dir2 -name \*.txt
test/dir1/test.txt
test/dir2/test.txt

Last edited by Skrynesaver; 03-08-2011 at 04:44 AM.. Reason: spellink and test on Solaris
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Old 03-08-2011
Code:
find path \( -name "dirname1" -o -name "dirname2" -o -name "dirname3" \) -type d

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