Thanx. Hadn't yet discovered GNU find's -printf option. Still, my -f suggestion would be easier to type, but I welcome your alternatives. -Ken
> -----Original Message----- > From: Bob Proulx [mailto:b...@proulx.com] > Sent: Thursday, December 10, 2015 11:34 AM > To: Nellis, Kenneth; 22...@debbugs.gnu.org > Subject: Re: bug#22128: dirname enhancement > > Pádraig Brady wrote: > > Nellis, Kenneth wrote: > > > E.g., to get a list of directories that contain a specific file: > > > > > > find -name "xyz.dat" | dirname -f - > > > > find -name "xyz.dat" -print0 | xargs -r0 dirname > > Also if using GNU find can use GNU find's -printf operand and %h to > print the directory of the matching item. Not portable to non-gnu > systems. > > find . -name xyz.dat -printf "%h\n" > > Can generate null terminated string output for further xargs -0 use. > > find . -name xyz.dat -printf "%h\0" | xargs -0 ...otherstuff... > > Bob
