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Hi,
How can i find the types of files in some directory(~/mydir) that start with word "fix" then followed by number 3, 4, 7 or 8 and end with .ccp or .in

How can i find the total number of files that are larger than 5000 bytes in specific directory?, I can do it by current directory by using
find -size +5000c -print | wc -l
but how to find in specific directory ex: /home/user

Thanks

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'find' takes one or more directories before the other arguments, allowing you to tell it precisely where to look inside.

-print is usually redundant, since it does that by default unless you've told it to take a different action like -exec.

Code:

find ~/mydir \( -name 'fix[3478]*.ccp' -o -name 'fix[3478]*.in' \)

Code:

find ~/mydir -size +5000c | wc -l

Many thanks.

The first one gives me this error: Invalid expression; you have uesd a binary operator '-o' with nothing before it.

Type it in more carefully, I think you missed the first -name.