The find command works well and if you don't care to see the permission errors and such you might try appending 2>/dev/null to the command. Something like:
find / -name "xxx*" -print 2>/dev/null In a nutshell your telling STDERR to output to /dev/null. Steve On Tue, 2003-02-25 at 13:30, MACK, JONATHAN (AIT) wrote: > Scott, > > You might want to try and use the "find" command. This will output > the complete path of the file found return code you can do some form of > logic on. > > Such as: > find <some path> -name "yyyy" > > > Just my 2 cents worth. > > Jon > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Scott Koos [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, February 25, 2003 10:57 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: grep question > > > Hi All, > > Dumb question on grep, I'm trying to find if a file exists and the path > to it. ls -laR | grep yyyyy shows me the yyyyy file exists, is there a way > to show the path to the file also. > > Thanks in advance, > Scott >
