Re: help with ls

Eric Koldeweij wrote:
> Don't use ls in this case. Second, using "*.conf" in grep doesn't work 
> the way you want it.
> 
> Try this:
> 
> find / -type f \( -name "*.conf" -o -name "*.cfg" \) -print
> 
> or, if you want to have an ls -ls listing for each file, do:
> 
> find / -type f \( -name "*.conf" -o -name "*.cfg" \) -exec ls -ls {} \;
> 

could just use -ls directly, no need for the -exec. One thing to 
remember with find is to use -mount to restrict it to the target 
fs/partition, especially when you have several huge nfs mounts :)


> I suggest getting very familiar with the "find" command. It's syntax is 
> difficult but it is an extremely powerful tool and it can do almost 
> anything short of frying an egg ;)
> 

One of my favorite tools . . . .


-toby