Sunday, October 9, 2022

[SOLVED] Find file by name in a specific directory but not in its subdirectoriers

Issue

In order to find a file by name, I have this command:

find . /home/XYZ/ -name '*abc*'

But it shows results in the directory XYZ and its subdirectories. I only need to search inside the specific folder "XYZ", not in the subdirectories.

How can I accomplish this?


Solution

find . XYZ/ -maxdepth 1 -name *abc*

OUTPUT

find . XYZ/ -maxdepth 1 -name *abc* 
XYZ/abc.txt

find . XYZ/  -name *abc* 
./XYZ/abc.txt
./XYZ/tuv/123abc
XYZ/abc.txt
XYZ/tuv/123abc

man find

      -maxdepth levels
              Descend at most levels (a non-negative integer) levels of directories below the starting-points.  Using
              -maxdepth 0 means only apply the tests and actions to the starting-points themselves.


Answered By - atl
Answer Checked By - Pedro (WPSolving Volunteer)
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