linux find命令无法正常工作

Question

I am using Linux(Ubuntu), I am trying to find the files, but it is not working properly. I have created some files in my directory structure, for example: World/India/Maharashtra/Pune/filename.xml

When I use the find command like:

find /home/lokesh/Desktop/Testing_India2/Test/World/India/Maharashtra/ -name filename*.xml -mmin -3000

It is giving the result perfectly.

But, when I am using the same command at "World" or "India" level:

find /home/lokesh/Desktop/Testing_India2/Test/World/ -name filename*.xml -mmin -3000

it does not give any result.

I have lots of directories at "India" level as well as at "Maharashtra" level and may be some directories within "Maharashtra's" inner directories. I have to find each file created in all directories. And I have mounted all folders from different machine.(I mean some state from different and some from different machine.)

If someone knows how to solve this problem please reply me as soon as possible.

Answer 1

双引号搜索字符串和-L使其符合符号链接：

find -L /home/lokesh/Desktop/Testing_India2/Test/World/ -name "filename*.xml" -mmin -30000

Answer 2

Yes, as mentioned you have to double qoute your -name argument or use a backslash prior to the * . The reason for it not working from one directory, but working fine in other directories, is that the * character is used for filename generation by your shell. This of course happens before the find command is executed. Therefore, if you have a file that match the filename*.xml pattern in your current directory it will be substituted before find is executed, which is not what you want. On the other hand, if there is no pattern match in the current directory, the * character is passed on to the find command unmodified. By qouting you protect the string from shell filename generation.

Regards

Answer 3

This is something I ran into earlier today actually when using the '*' wildcard. I couldn't get it to continually traverse the subdirectories unless I escaped the * with a .

Give this a try:

find -L /home/lokesh/Desktop/Testing_India2/Test/World/ -name filename\*.xml -mmin -30000