Getting a list of directories with certain files inside...

Banacek · 11-27-2006, 05:10 PM

Hello, I'm new to linux, and I am trying to get a list of directories that contain files with a certain extention. So far I have:

find | grep -i *bit$

but this gives me all the files. What is the best way to just get a list of directories that contains .bit files? Thanks!

ygloo · 11-27-2006, 05:20 PM

try
find /path -name "*.bit"

Banacek · 11-27-2006, 05:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ygloo

try
find /path -name "*.bit"

No, that didn't work. Thanks though!

ygloo · 11-27-2006, 05:29 PM

here works...
try without "
find /path -name *.bit

Banacek · 11-27-2006, 05:30 PM

Ok, so this:

find -name \*.bit -printf %h\\n

gives me all the directories, but it repeats directory names. Now I just need to trim it down to no repeat directories.

Banacek · 11-27-2006, 05:33 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ygloo

here works...
try without "
find /path -name *.bit

It says "find: No match." and I know that's not true. The .bit files are contained in multiple different subdirectories, if that helps.

nx5000 · 11-27-2006, 05:39 PM

If you want to remove duplicates, go with:
command | sort | uniq

The other command given by somebody else works though, replace path by the real path and don't forget about the " otherwise the shell will happily replace it before running the find which would result in no matches

Banacek · 11-27-2006, 05:43 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by nx5000

If you want to remove duplicates, go with:
command | sort | uniq

The other command given by somebody else works though, replace path by the real path and don't forget about the " otherwise the shell will happily replace it before running the find which would result in no matches

I was just about to post that:

find -name \*.bit -printf %h\\n | uniq

works. I will try the other command as well, with the real path. Thanks!