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

[Wing Wong]

Hmm... instead of ls, have you considered using 'find'?

To get a similar output to what you have(ls -l information):

find . -ls | grep "Bookmarks.plist"

To just get the files, without the "ls -l " info:

find . | grep "Bookmarks.plist"

If you want to get the full path:

find `pwd` -ls | grep "Bookmarks.plist"

or

find `pwd` | grep "Bookmarks.plist"


Wing.

On Sun, May 3, 2009 at 10:02 PM, Rick Gordon <lists at rickgordon.com> 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?
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