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# 1  
Old 09-30-2012
reading filename in nested directories
Hi all,
I have some directory structure as
Code:
$ls -ltr
drwxr-xr-x 1 mscprod us_msc 512 May 10 08:34 650
drwxr-xr-x 1 mscprod us_msc 512 May 10 08:51 652
drwxr-xr-x 1 mscprod us_msc 512 May 10 08:51 640
drwxr-xr-x 1 mscprod us_msc512 May 10 09:13 654
$ cd 650/
$ls
fileabc.root

and within each directory has some file with extension *root.

I want to have all this information in a txt file in the given form
Code:
/complete path till 650/file1.root
/complete path till 652/file2.root

and so on for all directories.

Thanks in advance
# 2  
Old 09-30-2012
Quote:
Originally Posted by emily
Hi all,
I have some directory structure as
Code:
$ls -ltr
drwxr-xr-x 1 mscprod us_msc 512 May 10 08:34 650
drwxr-xr-x 1 mscprod us_msc 512 May 10 08:51 652
drwxr-xr-x 1 mscprod us_msc 512 May 10 08:51 640
drwxr-xr-x 1 mscprod us_msc512 May 10 09:13 654
$ cd 650/
$ls
fileabc.root

and within each directory has some file with extension *root.

I want to have all this information in a txt file in the given form
Code:
/complete path till 650/file1.root
/complete path till 652/file2.root

and so on for all directories.

Thanks in advance
Code:
find /path -iname "*root"

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emily
# 3  
Old 09-30-2012
perfect, thanks a lot SmilieSmilie

Quote:
Originally Posted by the_gripmaster
Code:
find /path -iname "*root"

# 4  
Old 09-30-2012
Quote:
Originally Posted by emily
perfect, thanks a lot SmilieSmilie
A slight improvement

Code:
find /path -name "*.root"

# 5  
Old 09-30-2012
Quote:
Originally Posted by the_gripmaster
A slight improvement

Code:
find /path -name "*.root"


Hi,
both command seems to serve the purpose. Then what is the difference?

Thanks
# 6  
Old 09-30-2012
1) *.root means any string ending with "root" after "."
2) "*root" means any string ending with "root"

create 2 files a) abcroot and b) abc.root
and note the difference in both commands
# 7  
Old 09-30-2012
Hi,
Thanks aahish,
But that I know. I was asking for the difference in "iname" and "name".
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