Re: [SLUG] find ot locate binary
Thanks all, prompt advice as always, has got me on the way out of another hole of my own making! :-) On Mon, November 22, 2004 12:43 pm, Erik de Castro Lopo said: On Mon, 22 Nov 2004 11:30:29 +1100 (EST) Simon Bryan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, If I just want to 'find' or 'locate' a file called xyz rather than all directories and filenames that contain that string what would I enter at the command line? For files: find / -name xyz -type f For directories: find / -name xyz -type d Erik -- Simon Bryan IT Manager OLMC Parramatta -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
[SLUG] find ot locate binary
Hi, If I just want to 'find' or 'locate' a file called xyz rather than all directories and filenames that contain that string what would I enter at the command line? -- Simon Bryan IT Manager OLMC Parramatta -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
RE: [SLUG] find ot locate binary
A quick and dirty reply (using the locate database) export lookfile=gcc;locate $lookfile | grep -e .*/$lookfile$ This will find the file gcc (only). .*/ is greedy and should eat up all directory names up to the last / Of course Jill's find solution will look at the running filesystem whereas locate only looks at the updatedb database since it was last updated. (locate will be far quicker of course) Martin Martin Visser ,CISSP Network and Security Consultant Consulting Integration Technology Solutions Group - HP Services 3 Richardson Place North Ryde, Sydney NSW 2113, Australia Phone: +61-2-9022-1670 Mobile: +61-411-254-513 Fax: +61-2-9022-1800 E-mail: martin.visserAThp.com -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Simon Bryan Sent: Monday, 22 November 2004 11:30 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [SLUG] find ot locate binary Hi, If I just want to 'find' or 'locate' a file called xyz rather than all directories and filenames that contain that string what would I enter at the command line? -- Simon Bryan IT Manager OLMC Parramatta -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] find ot locate binary
This one time, at band camp, Simon Bryan wrote: Hi, If I just want to 'find' or 'locate' a file called xyz rather than all directories and filenames that contain that string what would I enter at the command line? find / -type f -name xyz -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
