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Old 10-13-2011, 04:48 AM   #1
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find hidden files from wild card path using 'find'


I have normal and hidden files with ".log" extension (Ex: a.log, b.log, .aa.log, .bb.log, .cc.log) in /home/xyz/test directory.

I tried to find the whether .aa.log file exist or not that directory using 'find' command as follows.

$ find /home/xyz/test/*.log -name .aa.log


But i did not get nothing even though ".aa.log" file exists.

I need to find the whether .aa.log file exist or not that directory using 'find' command with wildcard searching directory(Ex: /home/xyz/test/*.log).

Please help me to get his.

ThanQ,
Nagendra
 
Old 10-13-2011, 04:52 AM   #2
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/home/xyz/test/*.log
How is this a directory to be searched? It looks more like the name of a globbed file.
 
Old 10-13-2011, 02:35 PM   #3
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Can you use another command such as ls -la, locate or grep?


Look at this thread http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...quives-901509/
 
Old 10-13-2011, 02:47 PM   #4
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What grail said: unless you're trying to search a bunch of
directories that have a '.log' extension this isn't going to work.



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Old 10-13-2011, 10:12 PM   #5
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find /home/xyz/test -name \*.log
 
Old 10-13-2011, 10:48 PM   #6
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I use ".[^]*" to list hidden files and directories, to eliminate the pattern ".." when looking for hidden file and directories.

"ls .[^.]*" to list files and directories. "ls -d .[^.]*/" to list just hidden directories.

When using the find command, put the name pattern inside quotes or double quotes so the find command reads the wild card.
Escaping the wild cards works, but always putting the file name pattern in quotes makes the pattern stand out.
Use the -maxdepth 1 option to prevent descending into subdirectories. Add -type f or -type d to show only files or directories respectively.
 
  


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