[X-Unix] Finding Parent Directory of Searched-For File

[Rick Gordon]

Thanks. Perfect!

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On 5/4/09 at 10:03 AM -0500, Eric F Crist wrote in a message entitled
"Re: [X-Unix] Finding Parent Directory of Searched-For File":

>On May 4, 2009, at 12:02 AM, Rick Gordon wrote:
>
>>How would I do a recursive search that will  provide a path to the parent folder of a searched-for file?
>>
>>For instance, this command will find the file in a recursive search, but it provides no information on the path to that file:
>>
>>(starting from a suitable starting place)
>>	ls -Rl | grep "Bookmarks.plist"
>>
>>	-rw-rw-rw- 1 mobile mobile 100934 May  3 20:37 Bookmarks.plist
>>	-rw-rw-rw- 1 mobile mobile    143 Apr 30 22:12 Bookmarks.plist.anchor.plist
>>	-rw-rw-rw- 1 root   mobile 203551 Apr  9 09:00 Bookmarks.plist.bup
>>
>>
>>... will find all instances of files with Bookmarks.plist in the name, but does not provide any paths to the found files. How can I get the path?
>
>You're going about this wrong.  The ls command doesn't print path information, it's just a directory listing.  You want to use the find command.  So, here's the example I used.  This example was run from my home directory.
>
>ecrist at Swordfish:~-> find . -name "*Bookmarks.plist"
>./Library/Application Support/Versions/Bookmarks.plist
>./Library/Safari/Bookmarks.plist
>...
>
>
>---
>Eric Crist

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