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I need to find an image, say ABC.jpg, that I know will have been programmatically placed into a directory named ABC_MPSC. I've tried:



cd /
find . -name "ABC_MPSC/ABC.jpg"


But that doesn't return anything (I actually know where the particular one I'm searching for is, so I know it exists). Is there a find command that could have helped me not have to search manually?










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  • Very similar: unix.stackexchange.com/q/342392/117549; also: unix.stackexchange.com/q/352844/117549

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    You can also find it using locate, which should be significantly faster, but only works if the file already existed when updatedb was last run.

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I need to find an image, say ABC.jpg, that I know will have been programmatically placed into a directory named ABC_MPSC. I've tried:



cd /
find . -name "ABC_MPSC/ABC.jpg"


But that doesn't return anything (I actually know where the particular one I'm searching for is, so I know it exists). Is there a find command that could have helped me not have to search manually?










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  • Very similar: unix.stackexchange.com/q/342392/117549; also: unix.stackexchange.com/q/352844/117549

    – Jeff Schaller
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    You can also find it using locate, which should be significantly faster, but only works if the file already existed when updatedb was last run.

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I need to find an image, say ABC.jpg, that I know will have been programmatically placed into a directory named ABC_MPSC. I've tried:



cd /
find . -name "ABC_MPSC/ABC.jpg"


But that doesn't return anything (I actually know where the particular one I'm searching for is, so I know it exists). Is there a find command that could have helped me not have to search manually?










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cd /
find . -name "ABC_MPSC/ABC.jpg"


But that doesn't return anything (I actually know where the particular one I'm searching for is, so I know it exists). Is there a find command that could have helped me not have to search manually?







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  • Very similar: unix.stackexchange.com/q/342392/117549; also: unix.stackexchange.com/q/352844/117549

    – Jeff Schaller
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    You can also find it using locate, which should be significantly faster, but only works if the file already existed when updatedb was last run.

    – Simon Richter
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  • Very similar: unix.stackexchange.com/q/342392/117549; also: unix.stackexchange.com/q/352844/117549

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    You can also find it using locate, which should be significantly faster, but only works if the file already existed when updatedb was last run.

    – Simon Richter
    2 days ago

















Very similar: unix.stackexchange.com/q/342392/117549; also: unix.stackexchange.com/q/352844/117549

– Jeff Schaller
2 days ago






Very similar: unix.stackexchange.com/q/342392/117549; also: unix.stackexchange.com/q/352844/117549

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You can also find it using locate, which should be significantly faster, but only works if the file already existed when updatedb was last run.

– Simon Richter
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There's a -path predicate that's useful here:



find . -path '*/ABC_MPSC/ABC.jpg'


The POSIX description for that predicate is:




The primary shall evaluate as true if the current pathname matches pattern using the pattern matching notation described in Pattern Matching Notation. The additional rules in Patterns Used for Filename Expansion do not apply as this is a matching operation, not an expansion.




The reason that your -name "ABC_MPSC/ABC.jpg" failed is because the -name predicate:




shall evaluate as true if the basename of the current pathname matches pattern




In other words, -name never sees the directory of the current filename, only the base filename itself (ABC.jpg, for example).






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    Two ways (apart from using -path):




    1. Look for the directory, then detect the file:



      find / -type d -name 'ABC_MPSC' -exec test -f /ABC.jpg ; -print


      This relies on the find implementation to expand to the current pathname of the found directory, even though it's concatenated with /ABC.jpg (it's not required to do that). It could also be written as



      find / -type d -name 'ABC_MPSC' 
      -exec sh -c 'test -f "$1"/ABC.jpg' sh ; -print



    2. Look for the file, then check it's parent directory name:



      find / -type f -name 'ABC.jpg' -exec sh -c '
      case $(dirname "$1") in
      */ABC_MPSC) exit 0 ;;
      *) exit 1
      esac' sh ; -print


    Both of these alternatives would be slower than using -path in the way as Jeff shows. I'm leaving them here as examples none the less, as they could possibly be adapted for other things.






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      There's a -path predicate that's useful here:



      find . -path '*/ABC_MPSC/ABC.jpg'


      The POSIX description for that predicate is:




      The primary shall evaluate as true if the current pathname matches pattern using the pattern matching notation described in Pattern Matching Notation. The additional rules in Patterns Used for Filename Expansion do not apply as this is a matching operation, not an expansion.




      The reason that your -name "ABC_MPSC/ABC.jpg" failed is because the -name predicate:




      shall evaluate as true if the basename of the current pathname matches pattern




      In other words, -name never sees the directory of the current filename, only the base filename itself (ABC.jpg, for example).






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        There's a -path predicate that's useful here:



        find . -path '*/ABC_MPSC/ABC.jpg'


        The POSIX description for that predicate is:




        The primary shall evaluate as true if the current pathname matches pattern using the pattern matching notation described in Pattern Matching Notation. The additional rules in Patterns Used for Filename Expansion do not apply as this is a matching operation, not an expansion.




        The reason that your -name "ABC_MPSC/ABC.jpg" failed is because the -name predicate:




        shall evaluate as true if the basename of the current pathname matches pattern




        In other words, -name never sees the directory of the current filename, only the base filename itself (ABC.jpg, for example).






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          There's a -path predicate that's useful here:



          find . -path '*/ABC_MPSC/ABC.jpg'


          The POSIX description for that predicate is:




          The primary shall evaluate as true if the current pathname matches pattern using the pattern matching notation described in Pattern Matching Notation. The additional rules in Patterns Used for Filename Expansion do not apply as this is a matching operation, not an expansion.




          The reason that your -name "ABC_MPSC/ABC.jpg" failed is because the -name predicate:




          shall evaluate as true if the basename of the current pathname matches pattern




          In other words, -name never sees the directory of the current filename, only the base filename itself (ABC.jpg, for example).






          share|improve this answer















          There's a -path predicate that's useful here:



          find . -path '*/ABC_MPSC/ABC.jpg'


          The POSIX description for that predicate is:




          The primary shall evaluate as true if the current pathname matches pattern using the pattern matching notation described in Pattern Matching Notation. The additional rules in Patterns Used for Filename Expansion do not apply as this is a matching operation, not an expansion.




          The reason that your -name "ABC_MPSC/ABC.jpg" failed is because the -name predicate:




          shall evaluate as true if the basename of the current pathname matches pattern




          In other words, -name never sees the directory of the current filename, only the base filename itself (ABC.jpg, for example).







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              Two ways (apart from using -path):




              1. Look for the directory, then detect the file:



                find / -type d -name 'ABC_MPSC' -exec test -f /ABC.jpg ; -print


                This relies on the find implementation to expand to the current pathname of the found directory, even though it's concatenated with /ABC.jpg (it's not required to do that). It could also be written as



                find / -type d -name 'ABC_MPSC' 
                -exec sh -c 'test -f "$1"/ABC.jpg' sh ; -print



              2. Look for the file, then check it's parent directory name:



                find / -type f -name 'ABC.jpg' -exec sh -c '
                case $(dirname "$1") in
                */ABC_MPSC) exit 0 ;;
                *) exit 1
                esac' sh ; -print


              Both of these alternatives would be slower than using -path in the way as Jeff shows. I'm leaving them here as examples none the less, as they could possibly be adapted for other things.






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                Two ways (apart from using -path):




                1. Look for the directory, then detect the file:



                  find / -type d -name 'ABC_MPSC' -exec test -f /ABC.jpg ; -print


                  This relies on the find implementation to expand to the current pathname of the found directory, even though it's concatenated with /ABC.jpg (it's not required to do that). It could also be written as



                  find / -type d -name 'ABC_MPSC' 
                  -exec sh -c 'test -f "$1"/ABC.jpg' sh ; -print



                2. Look for the file, then check it's parent directory name:



                  find / -type f -name 'ABC.jpg' -exec sh -c '
                  case $(dirname "$1") in
                  */ABC_MPSC) exit 0 ;;
                  *) exit 1
                  esac' sh ; -print


                Both of these alternatives would be slower than using -path in the way as Jeff shows. I'm leaving them here as examples none the less, as they could possibly be adapted for other things.






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                  Two ways (apart from using -path):




                  1. Look for the directory, then detect the file:



                    find / -type d -name 'ABC_MPSC' -exec test -f /ABC.jpg ; -print


                    This relies on the find implementation to expand to the current pathname of the found directory, even though it's concatenated with /ABC.jpg (it's not required to do that). It could also be written as



                    find / -type d -name 'ABC_MPSC' 
                    -exec sh -c 'test -f "$1"/ABC.jpg' sh ; -print



                  2. Look for the file, then check it's parent directory name:



                    find / -type f -name 'ABC.jpg' -exec sh -c '
                    case $(dirname "$1") in
                    */ABC_MPSC) exit 0 ;;
                    *) exit 1
                    esac' sh ; -print


                  Both of these alternatives would be slower than using -path in the way as Jeff shows. I'm leaving them here as examples none the less, as they could possibly be adapted for other things.






                  share|improve this answer















                  Two ways (apart from using -path):




                  1. Look for the directory, then detect the file:



                    find / -type d -name 'ABC_MPSC' -exec test -f /ABC.jpg ; -print


                    This relies on the find implementation to expand to the current pathname of the found directory, even though it's concatenated with /ABC.jpg (it's not required to do that). It could also be written as



                    find / -type d -name 'ABC_MPSC' 
                    -exec sh -c 'test -f "$1"/ABC.jpg' sh ; -print



                  2. Look for the file, then check it's parent directory name:



                    find / -type f -name 'ABC.jpg' -exec sh -c '
                    case $(dirname "$1") in
                    */ABC_MPSC) exit 0 ;;
                    *) exit 1
                    esac' sh ; -print


                  Both of these alternatives would be slower than using -path in the way as Jeff shows. I'm leaving them here as examples none the less, as they could possibly be adapted for other things.







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