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Old 12-22-2011
Find query

when i search for a file using find i want to be able to cd to the directory of the file

simple find i'm using is
find . -name <filename> the output is the full path to the file, i want to use the output to cd into the directory... I need to add this into a script

Any ideas pls

Last edited by radoulov; 12-22-2011 at 07:05 AM.. Reason: Code tags.
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Old 12-22-2011
To get the name of the directory you can do something like:
Code:
file=$(find . -name <filename>)
dir=${file%/*}

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Old 12-22-2011
Worked a treat many thanks
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