Bash script for outputting directory details to a file

Question

I am trying to write a simple bash script that will search for files with a certain extension in a directory. Then output all those files with full path in front.

For example, if I have a directory with many different file types, but I want to know the information about those with only the .txt extension. How can I get the output in a new file to look similar to this:

/home/jason/code/test1.txt
/home/jason/code/test2.txt
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All I have right now is this, which is not really what I am trying to do, but it is just my attempt at experimentation because I am new:

ls *.txt >prog_list.txt
pwd >pwd.txt
cat pwd.txt prog_list.txt > prog_dir.txt

asked a different way, but a nearly a dupe of this: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/246215/how-can-i-list-files-with-their-absolute-path-in-linux — hometoast, Jul 30 '10 at 19:26

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Jul 30 '10 at 19:04

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find /home/jason/code -iname "*.txt" > prog_dir.txt

answered Jul 30 '10 at 19:04

Amardeep AC9MF

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Is there a way to do this so that it will work in any directory when the script is run? Kind of like "find pwd -iname "*.txt" > prog_dir.txt" – newbie_dev Jul 30 '10 at 19:23
Yep. `find \`pwd\` -iname "*.txt" > prog_dir.txt` Notice the backticks around pwd. – Amardeep AC9MF Jul 30 '10 at 19:25
Ahh, thats why it wasn't working.. Feels good that I was close at least. Thanks Amar – newbie_dev Jul 30 '10 at 19:28
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You can just do `find . -iname '*.txt' > prog_dir.txt` – Daenyth Jul 30 '10 at 19:28
@newbie_dev - I'm glad it was helpful. – Amardeep AC9MF Jul 30 '10 at 19:29
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@Daenyth - That would not put the full path in the output file. – Amardeep AC9MF Jul 30 '10 at 19:32
@newbie_dev - No habla ventanas! Seriously, though, I'm not as fluent with cmd.exe as I am with bash. Perhaps if you asked it as a separate question and tagged it Windows you'd attract some great responses. – Amardeep AC9MF Jul 30 '10 at 19:34
@Amardeep, ah right. In that case I'd just do `locate .txt` if you need full paths... That won't anchor the search though. – Daenyth Jul 30 '10 at 20:09
Use `find "$PWD" -iname '*.txt'`—note the quotes, otherwise it wouldn't work with directory names containing spaces. Also note that it won't work with file names containing newlines. – Philipp Jul 30 '10 at 21:59

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Jul 30 '10 at 19:04

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find ~/code -name '*.txt'

answered Jul 30 '10 at 19:04

Daenyth

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naikus · Answer 3 · 2010-07-30T19:20:25.047

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$>find -name "*.yourext" > myFile.txt

For more information on the find command, type:

$>man find

edited Jul 30 '10 at 19:20

answered Jul 30 '10 at 19:07

naikus

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score 0 · Answer 4 · answered Jul 30 '10 at 19:04

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Would something like:


find . -name *.txt -print

do the trick?

answered Jul 30 '10 at 19:04

Kiersten Arnold

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Bash script for outputting directory details to a file

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