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Old 03-07-2017
Finding files deep in directories
i need to find a portable way to go through multiple directories to find a file.

I've trid something like this:

Code:
find /opt/oracle/diag/*/alert_HH2.log -print

ordinarily, i can run the ls command and it will find it:

Code:
/opt/oracle/diag/*/*/*/*/alert_HH2.log

The problem with this approach is that I have to know how deep the log file is.

there will be instances where I wont know how deep the log file is in a directory.

is there a straightforward way to file a file under however number of subdirectories it may be?


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Old 03-07-2017
What's wrong with the find command?
# 3  
Old 03-07-2017
Quote:
Originally Posted by RudiC
What's wrong with the find command?
Code:
# find /opt/oracle/diag/*/alert_HH2.log -print
find: ‘/opt/oracle/diag/*/alert_HH2.log’: No such file or directory
#

the goal is to be able to find a file:

Code:
# ls -ld /opt/oracle/diag/*/*/*/*/alert_DC4WMMH2.log
-rwxr-xr-x 1 oracle oradba 246 Mar  7 14:05 /opt/oracle/diag/rdbms/dc4wmmh/DC4WMMH2/trace/alert_HH2.log
#

without having to specify the
Code:
"/*/*/*/*/"

. Thats because i wont know how deep a file is in a directory all the time.
# 4  
Old 03-07-2017
Hi,

Wouldn't something like this work instead with find ?

find /opt/oracle/diag -type f -name alert_HH2.log -print

This would search through the entire filesystem structure underneath /opt/oracle/diag for a file named alert_HH2.log.
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