[SOLVED] displaying full path using find in multiword directories

vincix · 05-11-2017, 10:52 AM

I know that normally if I want to make find show the full path of a file, while I'm in any subdirectory (such as /home/user), I can do something like this:

Code:

find `pwd` -iname "whatever"

The problem is that, if I'm in a directory that contains several words, I get an error. For instance:

Code:

find `"pwd"` johnrsnf.txt
find: ‘/home/quas/lynda/awk’: No such file or directory
find: ‘Exercise’: No such file or directory
find: ‘Files’: No such file or directory
johnrsnf.txt

So how do I proceed in this case?

MensaWater · 05-11-2017, 11:33 AM

You need the quotes around the results of the back ticks - you have it the other way. It should be:

Code:

find "`pwd`"

You can also do the newer way:

Code:

find "$(pwd)"

That's a little cleaner as it eliminates confusion between back ticks and single quotes (or double quotes).

BW-userx · 05-11-2017, 12:18 PM

adding the -name {fileName} to find eliminates everything it is looking at. Unless you like watching it do that.

Code:

userx%slackwhere ⚡ scripts ⚡> find $(pwd) -name testfile
/home/userx/scripts/testfile

vincix · 05-11-2017, 12:20 PM

There was a mistake in my post. Of course, I meant to write -iname or -name, otherwise it wouldn't have made much sense.
Anyway, thanks, Mensa, I was placing the quotes inside instead of outside.