Hi all.

I need some help with the following scenario...


I have this directory structure:

/Dir 1/Dir 2/Dir 3/Dir X/Dir 5/Dir 6/files

/Dir 1/Dir 2/Dir 3/Dir Y/Dir 5/Dir 6/files

/Dir 1/Dir 2/Dir 3/Dir Z/Dir 5/Dir 6/files


Is there a way to list all the files in each path without me having to type the whole path out into the terminal?


I know ls -1 /Dir 1/Dir 2/Dir 3 will list the directories Dir X, Dir Y and Dir Z on separate lines (with no recursion).


Is there a way to insert each separate item that is listed into a find command to search for a file of type *.txt for example?


eg: find /Dir 1/Dir 2/Dir 3/ITEM/Dir 5/Dir 6/ -name *.txt

where ITEM would be the output from the ls command.


All the directory paths have a common path up to Dir X and then the remainder of the path is also common too.


Thanks in advance.

duplicates http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...ed-4175591472/

so no need to specify <ITEM> as search query will descend to any directories under 'Dir 3' anyway.

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