Hi guys,

I am trying to figure out how to do the following:

Use the appropriate command to locate all files on your server that have a size greater than 100MB and store a list of their names in the file /root/bigfile.

To do this I executed the following command

find -type f -size +100M >> /root/bigfile

but it gives me not only the name of the files but the full path


[root@localhost ~]# cat bigfile
./proc/kcore
./usr/lib/locale/locale-archive
./proc/kcore
./usr/lib/locale/locale-archive

is there a way to copy only the name of the files?

Many thanks!

Have a look at the -printf option

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Check the man page for find, the -printf option. The format I think you are looking for would be -printf "%f\n".

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Something like this comes to my mind:
but the printf solution is probably better (?).

Another option to get the basename is parameter expansion (probably doesn't make sense in this case, just saying it is an option in general):
http://mywiki.wooledge.org/BashFAQ/0...meterExpansion

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Thank you guys,

i tried the command with the printf

[root@localhost proc]# find / -type f -size +100M -printf "%f\n"
kcore
find: ‘/proc/17083/task/17083/fdinfo/6’: No such file or directory
find: ‘/proc/17083/fdinfo/6’: No such file or directory
locale-archive

Unless you have further requirements / questions, please mark as SOLVED now that you have a solution

Hint: look at -xdev option in: man find (or web-search: find xdev proc)
Also, study shell redirection of stderr to 'the bit bucket': 2>/dev/null

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You know you should never attempt to manipulate this file, correct?

The option -prune is harder to figure out but you should look at it, too. It's useful in telling find to skip directories, such as /proc