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find filenames NOT ending in specific extensions on Unix?

Is there a simple way to recursively find all files in a directory hierarchy, that do not end in a list of extensions? ...

May 22, 2022
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find: missing argument to -exec

I was helped out today with a command, but it doesn’t seem to be working. This is the command: find /home/me/download/ -type f ...

May 21, 2022
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How to use ‘-prune’ option of ‘find’ in sh?

I don’t quite understand the example given from the man find, can anyone give me some examples and explanations? Can I combine regular ...

May 21, 2022
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How to recursively find the latest modified file in a directory?

It seems that ls doesn’t sort the files correctly when doing a recursive call: ls -altR . | head -n 3 How can ...

May 20, 2022
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find without recursion

Is it possible to use the find command in some way that it will not recurse into the sub-directories? For example, DirsRoot |-->SubDir1 ...

May 20, 2022
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grep without showing path/file:line

How do you grep and only return the matching line? i.e. The path/filename is omitted from the results. In this case I want ...

May 19, 2022
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“find: paths must precede expression:” How do I specify a recursive search that also finds files in the current directory?

I am having a hard time getting find to look for matches in the current directory as well as its subdirectories. When I ...

May 19, 2022
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Error when using ‘sed’ with ‘find’ command on OS X: “invalid command code .”

Being forced to use CVS for a current client and the address changed for the remote repo. The only way I can find ...

May 19, 2022
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How to use ‘find’ to search for files created on a specific date? [closed]

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May 19, 2022
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How can I find WPF controls by name or type?

I need to search a WPF control hierarchy for controls that match a given name or type. How can I do this? 20 ...

May 18, 2022
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