[linux-help] Re: ls

[Carl D Cravens <raven@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Sat, 2 Sep 2000, Gary Gaston wrote:

> To look for a file that starts with "set" use the following:  ls set*  This
> will search the current directory and all subdirectories.

Eh?  ls doesn't search subdirectories.  "set*" is expanded by the shell,
before it's ever sent to ls, into files that match in the current
directory.  It'll show you the contents of any directories that start with
"set" in the current directory, but it won't look any further than that. 

To search for a file, use "find".  

find ./ -name 'set*'

"xargs" is a good program to know about when using find.  It's usually
more efficient that the -exec option of find if you want to execute a
program on the results.

find ./ -name 'set*' |xargs ls -ld

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Carl D Cravens (raven@xxxxxxxxxxx)
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