UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

Hi, im a new member. Nice to meet you!

I have a question, if someone could help me, ill really apreciate. It would make my daily work easier.

i want to make a depth search of files in /log which the first 4 characters duplicate and with .kur extension.

Example:

/log/1/0124_155178.cas
/log/1/0227_155155.kur
/log/1/0227_155911.kur

In this case i would like this on screen:

/log/1/0227_155155.kur
/log/1/0227_155911.kur

im new in unix , ive tried this:

find /log . -name *.kur | uniq -d -w 4

but it dosent seem to work, but if i go into a directory that has duplicates it works with

ls | uniq -d -w 4

Why the first command dosent work?

Sorry for my terrible english, i try my best.

Edit: Sorry i just saw theres a "UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers" forum. Could someone move this thread there? Thanks in advance.

no dot in your command.

Code:

find /log -name *.kur | uniq -d -w 4

Thanks for your answer but it dosent work. It stops searching in 10 sec and it gives only 1 result when theres a lot of duplicates in diferent directorys and that result it isnt even duplicated.

if i go directly to a directory that has duplicates with a ls | uniq -d -w 4 works fine. I want to do a complete search in /log.

thanks in advance

---------- Post updated at 07:52 AM ---------- Previous update was at 07:47 AM ----------

Just found what is happening, if i do -w 4 it reads the first 4 characters of the full path. How can i do so it reads the first 4 characters from the file name?

---------- Post updated at 07:54 AM ---------- Previous update was at 07:52 AM ----------

nevermind , i have it. Thanks