On Sat, Nov 07, 2009 at 09:55:18AM -0700, Bill Thoen wrote:
> Michael Rasmussen wrote:
> > On Sat, Nov 07, 2009 at 08:53:13AM -0700, Bill Thoen wrote:
> >   
> >> $ ls -1 BLM/* | egrep ':$|\.shp' | grep -v \.xml
> >> (list everything under the BLM directory but include only those lines 
> >> that end in a colon (the pathname) or contain a shapefile extension (.shp))
> >>     
> >
> > find . -name \*\.shp -o -type d
> > sounds like what you're looking for
> >   
> YES! Thanks for the fast response too. This works just about the way I 
> want it. Only one more step required and that's to filter out the lines 
> that have JUST the directory in them. 

But you said you wanted them..."but include only those lines
that end in a colon (the pathname)"

to get just the shp files is even easier:

find . -name \*\.shp

or in general terms

find <starting directory> -name <name regex>

-- 
      Michael Rasmussen, Portland Oregon  
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