On Thursday, January 05, 2012 04:37:40 PM, John Mort wrote: > john@azrael:/media/mtool/Tokens$ ls * | grep README.txt > README.txt > README.txt > README.txt > README.txt > README.txt > README.txt > README.txt > README.txt > README.txt > > > The folder I'm running this command in has many many subfolders. How do I > change my command to tell me where these README.txt files are so that I can > purge them?
Use the -l option to ls, i.e.: ls -l * | grep README.txt But more often the way I do this personally, from the top directory that I want to search down from, would be: find . -iname "README.txt" -- Chris -- Chris Knadle [email protected] _______________________________________________ Mid-Hudson Valley Linux Users Group http://mhvlug.org http://mhvlug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mhvlug Upcoming Meetings (6pm - 8pm) Vassar College Feb 1 - Home Networking Made Simple with Amahi Home Server Mar 7 - March 2012 Meeting - 9th Annivesary of MHVLUG Apr 4 - April 2012 Meeting
