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# 1  
Old 07-16-2008
find multiple paths
How do i find files in more than one directory? I searched through forums, but could not land into the right thread.

I tried something like
Code:
find dir1|dir2 -name file1

but it doesn't work. Please suggest.
# 2  
Old 07-16-2008
Code:
DIRLIST="dir1 dir2 dir3 dir4"
for DIR in ${DIRLIST}; do
   find ${DIR} ...
done

# 3  
Old 07-16-2008
Thanks. But, is it not possible to use a single find command to look in multiple directories?
# 4  
Old 07-16-2008
Just tried on gnu find:
Code:
find dir1 dir2 dir3 -type f ....

and it worked.

Works on AIX's find too.
# 5  
Old 07-16-2008
Yes, it works for me too in AIX Smilie

Didn't guess it would be so simple Smilie
# 6  
Old 07-16-2008
Lol nor did I. I haven't used find this way until yet^^
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