Eliminating multiple-extension file names from find output
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I need to find the size of all files in /etc with the .conf extension. I tried to do this with find /etc -type f -name "*.conf" -exec du -chB1 +, but find gave me .conf files that have two or three extensions. The question is how can I filter find output in order to get just the files with one extension, that being .conf ? Can this be achieved through find or do I need another command ?
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I need to find the size of all files in /etc with the .conf extension. I tried to do this with find /etc -type f -name "*.conf" -exec du -chB1 +, but find gave me .conf files that have two or three extensions. The question is how can I filter find output in order to get just the files with one extension, that being .conf ? Can this be achieved through find or do I need another command ?
find filenames
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What do you mean bytwo or three extensions, can you clarify on that
– sla3k
2 days ago
How do you define an extension? What if the file name isa.b.conf. Wherea.bis file name and.confis an extension?
– Debian_yadav
2 days ago
Well, for example I wanted to find file names like this one/etc/pam.conf, but instead the command above would give me something like this too/etc.dbus-1/system.d/org.freedesktop.bolt.conf
– george
2 days ago
What about a hidden.ltrace.conffile for instance?
– Stéphane Chazelas
2 days ago
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I need to find the size of all files in /etc with the .conf extension. I tried to do this with find /etc -type f -name "*.conf" -exec du -chB1 +, but find gave me .conf files that have two or three extensions. The question is how can I filter find output in order to get just the files with one extension, that being .conf ? Can this be achieved through find or do I need another command ?
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I need to find the size of all files in /etc with the .conf extension. I tried to do this with find /etc -type f -name "*.conf" -exec du -chB1 +, but find gave me .conf files that have two or three extensions. The question is how can I filter find output in order to get just the files with one extension, that being .conf ? Can this be achieved through find or do I need another command ?
find filenames
find filenames
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What do you mean bytwo or three extensions, can you clarify on that
– sla3k
2 days ago
How do you define an extension? What if the file name isa.b.conf. Wherea.bis file name and.confis an extension?
– Debian_yadav
2 days ago
Well, for example I wanted to find file names like this one/etc/pam.conf, but instead the command above would give me something like this too/etc.dbus-1/system.d/org.freedesktop.bolt.conf
– george
2 days ago
What about a hidden.ltrace.conffile for instance?
– Stéphane Chazelas
2 days ago
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What do you mean bytwo or three extensions, can you clarify on that
– sla3k
2 days ago
How do you define an extension? What if the file name isa.b.conf. Wherea.bis file name and.confis an extension?
– Debian_yadav
2 days ago
Well, for example I wanted to find file names like this one/etc/pam.conf, but instead the command above would give me something like this too/etc.dbus-1/system.d/org.freedesktop.bolt.conf
– george
2 days ago
What about a hidden.ltrace.conffile for instance?
– Stéphane Chazelas
2 days ago
What do you mean by
two or three extensions, can you clarify on that– sla3k
2 days ago
What do you mean by
two or three extensions, can you clarify on that– sla3k
2 days ago
How do you define an extension? What if the file name is
a.b.conf. Where a.b is file name and .conf is an extension?– Debian_yadav
2 days ago
How do you define an extension? What if the file name is
a.b.conf. Where a.b is file name and .conf is an extension?– Debian_yadav
2 days ago
Well, for example I wanted to find file names like this one
/etc/pam.conf, but instead the command above would give me something like this too /etc.dbus-1/system.d/org.freedesktop.bolt.conf– george
2 days ago
Well, for example I wanted to find file names like this one
/etc/pam.conf, but instead the command above would give me something like this too /etc.dbus-1/system.d/org.freedesktop.bolt.conf– george
2 days ago
What about a hidden
.ltrace.conf file for instance?– Stéphane Chazelas
2 days ago
What about a hidden
.ltrace.conf file for instance?– Stéphane Chazelas
2 days ago
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You could exclude the file names that contain more than one dot:
find /etc -type f ! -name '*.*.*' -name '*.conf'
If you still want to print hidden .conf file names (if any, à la /etc/.pwd.lock) then
find /etc -type f ! -name '?*.*.*' -name '*.conf'
Suppose I am having a file with namea.b.conf. Wherea.bis the name of the file and.confis extension.
– Debian_yadav
2 days ago
@Debian_yadav - according to you, according to the next guy the file name isaandbis another extension... you know, liketarintar.gz...
– don_crissti
2 days ago
One might prefer! -name '?*.*.*'to allow files named like.socks.conffor instance, where.sockscan't possibly be considered as an extension (it's rare to find such files in/etcexcept maybe in/etc/skelthough).
– Stéphane Chazelas
2 days ago
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You could exclude the file names that contain more than one dot:
find /etc -type f ! -name '*.*.*' -name '*.conf'
If you still want to print hidden .conf file names (if any, à la /etc/.pwd.lock) then
find /etc -type f ! -name '?*.*.*' -name '*.conf'
Suppose I am having a file with namea.b.conf. Wherea.bis the name of the file and.confis extension.
– Debian_yadav
2 days ago
@Debian_yadav - according to you, according to the next guy the file name isaandbis another extension... you know, liketarintar.gz...
– don_crissti
2 days ago
One might prefer! -name '?*.*.*'to allow files named like.socks.conffor instance, where.sockscan't possibly be considered as an extension (it's rare to find such files in/etcexcept maybe in/etc/skelthough).
– Stéphane Chazelas
2 days ago
add a comment |
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You could exclude the file names that contain more than one dot:
find /etc -type f ! -name '*.*.*' -name '*.conf'
If you still want to print hidden .conf file names (if any, à la /etc/.pwd.lock) then
find /etc -type f ! -name '?*.*.*' -name '*.conf'
Suppose I am having a file with namea.b.conf. Wherea.bis the name of the file and.confis extension.
– Debian_yadav
2 days ago
@Debian_yadav - according to you, according to the next guy the file name isaandbis another extension... you know, liketarintar.gz...
– don_crissti
2 days ago
One might prefer! -name '?*.*.*'to allow files named like.socks.conffor instance, where.sockscan't possibly be considered as an extension (it's rare to find such files in/etcexcept maybe in/etc/skelthough).
– Stéphane Chazelas
2 days ago
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You could exclude the file names that contain more than one dot:
find /etc -type f ! -name '*.*.*' -name '*.conf'
If you still want to print hidden .conf file names (if any, à la /etc/.pwd.lock) then
find /etc -type f ! -name '?*.*.*' -name '*.conf'
You could exclude the file names that contain more than one dot:
find /etc -type f ! -name '*.*.*' -name '*.conf'
If you still want to print hidden .conf file names (if any, à la /etc/.pwd.lock) then
find /etc -type f ! -name '?*.*.*' -name '*.conf'
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Suppose I am having a file with namea.b.conf. Wherea.bis the name of the file and.confis extension.
– Debian_yadav
2 days ago
@Debian_yadav - according to you, according to the next guy the file name isaandbis another extension... you know, liketarintar.gz...
– don_crissti
2 days ago
One might prefer! -name '?*.*.*'to allow files named like.socks.conffor instance, where.sockscan't possibly be considered as an extension (it's rare to find such files in/etcexcept maybe in/etc/skelthough).
– Stéphane Chazelas
2 days ago
add a comment |
Suppose I am having a file with namea.b.conf. Wherea.bis the name of the file and.confis extension.
– Debian_yadav
2 days ago
@Debian_yadav - according to you, according to the next guy the file name isaandbis another extension... you know, liketarintar.gz...
– don_crissti
2 days ago
One might prefer! -name '?*.*.*'to allow files named like.socks.conffor instance, where.sockscan't possibly be considered as an extension (it's rare to find such files in/etcexcept maybe in/etc/skelthough).
– Stéphane Chazelas
2 days ago
Suppose I am having a file with name
a.b.conf. Where a.b is the name of the file and .conf is extension.– Debian_yadav
2 days ago
Suppose I am having a file with name
a.b.conf. Where a.b is the name of the file and .conf is extension.– Debian_yadav
2 days ago
@Debian_yadav - according to you, according to the next guy the file name is
a and b is another extension... you know, like tar in tar.gz...– don_crissti
2 days ago
@Debian_yadav - according to you, according to the next guy the file name is
a and b is another extension... you know, like tar in tar.gz...– don_crissti
2 days ago
One might prefer
! -name '?*.*.*' to allow files named like .socks.conf for instance, where .socks can't possibly be considered as an extension (it's rare to find such files in /etc except maybe in /etc/skel though).– Stéphane Chazelas
2 days ago
One might prefer
! -name '?*.*.*' to allow files named like .socks.conf for instance, where .socks can't possibly be considered as an extension (it's rare to find such files in /etc except maybe in /etc/skel though).– Stéphane Chazelas
2 days ago
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What do you mean by
two or three extensions, can you clarify on that– sla3k
2 days ago
How do you define an extension? What if the file name is
a.b.conf. Wherea.bis file name and.confis an extension?– Debian_yadav
2 days ago
Well, for example I wanted to find file names like this one
/etc/pam.conf, but instead the command above would give me something like this too/etc.dbus-1/system.d/org.freedesktop.bolt.conf– george
2 days ago
What about a hidden
.ltrace.conffile for instance?– Stéphane Chazelas
2 days ago