[SOLVED] ls: cannot access *.{jpg,png}: No such file or directory

angel'le · 09-28-2013, 08:45 PM

when I type:

Code:

ls *.{jpg,png}

It outputs:

Code:

ls: cannot access *.jpg: No such file or directory
ls: cannot access *.png: No such file or directory

I want to list all files which ends in .jpg and .png
What is wrong?

astrogeek · 09-28-2013, 08:58 PM

Apparently there are no jpg or png files in the directory...

What do you get when you type ...

Code:

ls *jpg
ls *png

rknichols · 09-28-2013, 09:05 PM

Works for me if there are files with those extensions present in the current directory. Are the files in the current directory? What shell are you using? (Responsibility for expanding the "*" lies with the shell.)

PTrenholme · 09-28-2013, 09:10 PM

Another approach, if you want to find all you image files in all your directories (under your current working directory):

Code:

$ find ./ -type f '(' -iname '*.jpg' -or -iname '*.png' ')' | head
./.minecraft/config/CraftGuide/themes/base/base.png
./.minecraft/config/CraftGuide/themes/dark/dark_brew.png
./.minecraft/config/CraftGuide/themes/dark/dark_craft.png
./.minecraft/config/CraftGuide/themes/dark/dark.png
./.minecraft/debug.stitched_items.png
./.minecraft/debug.stitched_terrain.png
./Books/Friedman, David D/Harald/141652056201.jpg
./Books/Friedman, David D/Harald/1416520562.jpg
./Books/Van Vogt, A. E./Transgalactic/1416520899.jpg
./Books/Lisle, Holly/Fire in the Mist/0671721321.jpg

(I piped this into head so I wouldn't need to post several thousand lines.

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angel'le · 09-28-2013, 09:11 PM

There were not files, I didn't know it outputs errors.
ls *.{jpg,png} 2> /dev/null
Thank you, all I have to do is redirect stderr to /dev/null

angel'le · 09-28-2013, 09:21 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by PTrenholme

Another approach, if you want to find all you image files in all your directories (under your current working directory):[code]
$ find ./ -type f '(' -iname '*.jpg' -or -iname '*.png' ')' | head

It is good, maybe I'll use it