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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  • 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










  • 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














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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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  • 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










  • 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












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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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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 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










  • 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 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










  • 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 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'





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  • 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










  • 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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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 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










  • 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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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'





share|improve this answer






















  • 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










  • 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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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'





share|improve this answer














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 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










  • 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

















  • 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










  • 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
















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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