如何查找名称中带有方括号的文件

Question

I'm trying to find some files with square brackets, but I can't seem to get it to work.

My files are named are this:

[ABC] test file.txt

Regexp I'm trying:

find . -iregex '\[abc\].*test.*'

That just doesn't seem to work for some reason. If i replace it with -

find . -iregex '.*abc.*test.*'

-it works fine. So the problem is with the square brackets. Any ideas?

Answer 1

No matching square brackets is not a problem. Problem is matching the file's path. Remember find's output starts with ./ for the current path.

So this regex in your find command will work for you:

find . -iregex '\./\[abc\].*test.*'