On Wed, 26 Jul 2000, Chris S wrote about, recursive find cmd:
>
> i have already looked at the man pages on find, but could someone
> just tell me how i go about finding files/folders recursively throught
> the directory tree?
> thanks
SImply way;
find / -name pipo*
Serach the whole disk for any file starting with 'pipo'
find /usr/local/src/ -name pipo*
Same again but now only look in '/usr/local/src/*'
You can be imaganative yourself with all the arguments and
expresstions stated in 'man find'.
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Regards Richard
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