Stop find command after the first file ...

Mr.mick-duck · 03-01-2009, 06:13 PM

Hi guys..
I am working on a Linux script ...but i face a problem regarding the find command
because i want this command to stop after finding the first file
for example

Code:

find *.mp3

i want the command to stop after first mp3 file founded

any help?

AsusDave · 03-01-2009, 07:19 PM

what does

Code:

locate *.mp3 --limit=1

do for you?

This should stop after the first file is located

HTH
Dave

Mr.mick-duck · 03-01-2009, 08:07 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by AsusDave

what does

Code:

locate *.mp3 --limit=1

do for you?

This should stop after the first file is located

HTH
Dave

Great can till me please how to assign the result to a certain variable
?

bgeddy · 03-01-2009, 08:13 PM

Try an obscure parmeter to find :

Code:

find *.mp3 -print -quit

Should work. To assign to the variable myfiles :

Code:

myfiles=$(find *.mp3 -print -quit)

Mr.mick-duck · 03-01-2009, 08:21 PM

Thank you I LIKE Liverpool.
and also BIG THANK to AsusDave.

jschiwal · 03-01-2009, 08:35 PM

You could pipe the output through head -1. When the pipe is broken by head, the find command will be killed.
This would allow you to for example limit the output to 10 files.