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Old 01-15-2014
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Hi All,

When i do find command i am getting result which append ./ before the file name. For example if i am trying to search aaa.txt in current directory i am using find like this:

Code:
$ find . -name aaa.txt

result:

./aaa.txt

Now i want to remove "./" from the file name. Can some body help me to update this result?

Thanks
Vasu
# 2  
Old 01-15-2014
Code:
find ... | sed 's#^\./##'

# 3  
Old 01-15-2014
Hello Vasu,

I don't know any direct command but you can you use Sed command to replace "./" string.

find . -name aaa.txt|sed "s/\.\///g"

Regards,
Srikanth
# 4  
Old 01-15-2014
Thanks Corona and Srikanth for your quick response, That works.
# 5  
Old 01-15-2014
Or try:
Code:
find * -name aaa.txt -print

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# 6  
Old 01-15-2014
Or, staying entirely in the shell:
Code:
[ -e aaa.txt ] && echo aaa.txt

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