10 More Discussions You Might Find Interesting
1. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
Hi,
Is there an option to run ls to only show files owned by the current user? Currently doing ls | awk | grep for the user.
If I use find and -user ${username}, I am getting Permission denied messages on some directories and am currently re-directing those messages as 2>/dev/null. Is that... (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: newbie_01
2 Replies
2. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
I need to find all files with file names starting with
alert
and ending with
.log
I mean, the following files should be returnrned
alertTST.log
alertabcdefgh.log
How can i do this ? (4 Replies)
Discussion started by: kraljic
4 Replies
3. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi all,
I want to use find to 'find' files older than a file.
The command I have come up with so far is
find . -type f ! -newer filename -print | grep -v filename
If I dont use the -v then the filename is included in the output
is there a better way of formulating this command... (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: jonnyd
1 Replies
4. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
I was using this find command to search for this string
find /usr/reports -name '*.txt' -type f -exec grep -l tbl_out:add_19 {} \; > /usr/work/junk.txt
My question is, if I want to search another type of file extension besides '*.txt'
how can I include it on the same line to say something... (5 Replies)
Discussion started by: NycUnxer
5 Replies
5. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
All,
For some reason I can't figure out why I can't wildcard my find statement to check for anything with a wildcard after. I can before the -name but not after.
ie. find . -name *test works
but find . -name test* gives me the error: find: paths must precede expression
Usage: find ... (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: markdjones82
1 Replies
6. Shell Programming and Scripting
hey guys!
I need to find in a specific directory and its sub-directories a file thats passed has a argument, and print it has like a ls -l command! the problem is how do i print has a ls command but instead only the file name in the end, also the directory where its insered!
ex:
Want... (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: Shinni
2 Replies
7. Shell Programming and Scripting
Not sure if I'm missing it, but I'm looking on the find man page, but can't find it.
Here is what I'm doing
find . -name "log_*" -type f -mtime +8 -exec rm {} \;
How do I tell man to find all files matching that pattern, but only ones that end with a numeric character. I thought it was... (4 Replies)
Discussion started by: cbo0485
4 Replies
8. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
I have a file, but I don't know this file is stored in which directory, if I use 'find' command to search this file, is it work?
which option I use?
find filename? (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: wendyz
2 Replies
9. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi Guys,
Do you know how can I find files with modificatioin time less than 30 MINUTES using the find utility?
Or if u have any other mechanism to find it using script, I'll appreciate it.
Thanks! (5 Replies)
Discussion started by: marlonus999
5 Replies
10. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
Is it possible for find to match on multiple arg's. Basically, I would like to be able to match on name and atime. Basically I want something like:
find . -atime +31 <AND> -name *.log -exec rm -f {} \;
Thanks (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: 98_1LE
2 Replies
10-25-2004
find ...question.
i am looking through the man pages of the find command and I have found the -printf and fprintf section.. .
cheers