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PietdeBoer
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 Posted: Wed Oct 22, 2008 2:34 pm Post subject: Getting directory out of find results[SOLVED] |
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Hi all,
I want to get the directory out of a find command in bash.
I do a
| Code: | find /data -iname *.cab
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it results:
| Code: | | /data/win32/cd1/1.cab |
i want to extract the directory wich 1.cab is in. how can i achieve this?
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Arfrever
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| Posted: Wed Oct 22, 2008 2:39 pm Post subject: |
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| Code: | | for x in $(find /data -iname '*.cab') ; do dirname $x ; done |
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Genone
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| Posted: Wed Oct 22, 2008 5:48 pm Post subject: |
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| Or use the -printf option of find to just display the directory part (see the manpage). |
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