Trying to find unique extensions or formats in a deep folder structure

threezerous · 07-11-2011, 03:47 AM

I have a deep folder structure on my RHEL 5.x file system which is supposed to have only word(*.doc, *.docx) or pdf(*.pdf) files. But I want to check if there are files with any other extensions which exist. Is that possible?

Thanks in advance

colucix · 07-11-2011, 03:55 AM

Code:

find /path/to/folder -not \( -iname \*.doc -o -iname \*.docx -o -iname \*.pdf \)

TobiSGD · 07-11-2011, 04:10 AM

In addition to colucix solution you will find more information on the find-command with

Code:

man find