find command problem

[j773303]

I've a question aboutr find command. How can "find" don't search sub-directory. for example: find /var -name xxx.txt. Is it possible only search /var only? Thanks.

[Sandman! · Accepted solution]

See if the find command listed below works:

# find /var -name "xxx.txt" ! -path "/var/*/*"

[AwadheshPandey]

find /tmp inve* -prune
/tmp
inventory1
inventory11

[AwadheshPandey]

find /var xxx.txt -prune
/var
xxx1.txt
xxx11.txt
xxx2.txt

[Ganesan R]

Hi,

If you want to search only in specific directory you can use ls or ll command instead of find.

#ll /var/*.txt

or goto that directory then search.

#cd /var
#ll *.txt

Hope this helps

Thanks

[TY 007]

Hello,

# cd /var

# du -s * > /tmp/var.txt

# more /tmp/var.txt

Thanks

[Ernesto Cappello]

Hi j773303
You can follow these steps:

1) cd /var
2) ls -al | grep "filename"

Best regards.
Ernesto

[Ernesto Cappello]

Hi j773303

One of the commands that everyone should master is the find command.

The first, and most obvious, use is find's ability to locate old, big, or unused files, or files that you forgot where they are.

The other important characteristic is find's ability to travel down subdirectories. If you wanted a recursive directory list, and ls doesn't have this option, use find.

BR.
Ernesto

[Sp4admin]

Hi,

Cd /var
find . -name fimename

sp,

[V. Nyga]

Hi,

if you only want to find files 'xxx.txt' in a defined directory, then use the 'ls' command (or ll) and 'grep'.

ls /var|grep xxx.txt

No need to use find.

Volkmar

[Peter Nikitka]

Hi,

an addition to Volker's solution: Keep in mind, that grep- and find/shell arguments use a different syntax when specifying pattern:
To get get all names starting with 'a' and ending in '.txt' use for
... find / shell:
find . -name 'a*.txt' ...
ls -d a*.txt

... grep:
ls /your/dir | grep '^a.*[.]txt$' or
ls /your/dir | grep '^a.*\.txt$'

mfG Peter