[SOLVED] How to get the filepath to specific files containing a string?

Issue

Deep in the subdirectories are a few specific files containing a string that indicates they are the target directory I need. (This concerns creating virtual GPUs, but is beside the point.) I can find the files I need with this command:

cat `find ../../devices -name "name"` | grep 8Q

which results in this output:

GRID T4-8Q
GRID T4-8Q
GRID T4-8Q
GRID T4-8Q

but this does not tell me the filepath to those 4 files.

How can I rewrite this command so that it finds these 4 files, but also tells me the filepath?

TIA, Rick

Solution

findhas an exec test that can do about anything you want on found files. If the executed command exits with 0 status the test passes. In the command {} is replaced with the file name. The command must be terminated with \; (there are other terminators with different behaviors but \; is what you need here). In your case grep -q 8Q {} \; is the command to use. It exits with status 0 if and only if the file contains 8Q. find also has a printf test that can print the directory part (%h).

You can try:

find ../../devices -type f -name "name" -exec grep -q 8Q {} \; -printf '%h\n'

If the found file is a real file (-type f) and its name is name (-name "name") and the file contains 8Q, then the directory part is printed.

Answered By - Renaud Pacalet

Answer Checked By - Katrina (WPSolving Volunteer)