[SOLVED] Help with find command

sumedh_bhogle · 07-07-2010, 01:34 AM

Hi ther,

I wanted formated output of all the files under a particular directory. I am trying to use find.

Something like
find -P ./ -type f -name '*.cpp' -printf "%p "

I want all the files with specific extension like .c .cpp .h to be printed out separated by space. One more thing i want is absolute path names instead of relative.

Hoping for some help...
Thanks,

timmeke · 07-07-2010, 02:03 AM

Getting absolute file names will depend on the folder you want "find" to search. If you put "./" as in your example, output will be with relative paths. Try using the full path of the current directory (or ${PWD} for simplicity).

Code:

find ${PWD} -type f -name '*.cpp' -printf "%p "

To add also .c and .h files (and maybe .hpp?), try combining multiple -name options using the "-o" or "-or" operator.

Hint: to make code appear more clearly, put it inbetween CODE tags.

rical · 07-07-2010, 02:03 AM

Specify the absolute path in your find command and It will be printed.

Code:

find -P /path/to/root -type f -name '*.cpp' -printf "%p "

Did not get if you wanted something more, it seams to do what you want.

Hope this helps.

sumedh_bhogle · 07-07-2010, 06:04 AM

Thanks timmeke, rical

works well..

@timmeke -or thing is not working..

grail · 07-07-2010, 06:40 AM

How about:

Code:

find ${PWD} -type f -regex '.*\.[ch]\(pp\)?'

sumedh_bhogle · 07-08-2010, 12:07 AM

@grail Cool regex zakas!!(regex rocks)
are u really creating a distro... i would like to be part of it...