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I have a directory (and many sub dirs beneath) on AIX system, containing thousands of file. I'm looking to get a list of all directory containing "*.pdf" file.

I know basic syntax of find command, but it gives me list of all pdf files, which numbers in thousands. All I need to know is, which directory has pdf files, not the name of the files itself.

any help would be appreciated,

Code:

find . -type f -name '*.pdf' |sed 's#\(.*\)/.*#\1#' |sort -u

Thanks for quick reply. much appreciated.

Hi

Can you please explain this code
sed 's#\(.*\)/.*#\1#'
appreciated your help in advance

Thanks
Sarbjit

Code:

find . -type d -print|while read DIR
do
	cd "${DIR}"
	if [ -f *.pdf ]
	then
		echo "${DIR}"
	fi
done