Find all directories that contain a certain character and print them out

Solution 1:

The following commands perform the required query:

find -name "*c*" -type d

• starts with the current directory (no need to specify directory in case of current directory)
• -name "*c*" - with name contains the letter c
• -type d - which are a directory

You can run the command on other directory (/full/path/to/dir) using:

find /full/path/to/dir -name "*c*" -type d

More info nixCraft find command

Solution 2:

If globstar is enabled you can use this

for d in **/*c*/; do echo $d; done

The first ** will match any arbitrary subdirectory paths. Then *c*/ with match folders with the c character in it

If it's not enabled you can enable it with shopt -s globstar

• globstar

  • If set, the pattern ** used in a filename expansion context will match all files and zero or more directories and subdirectories. If the pattern is followed by a /, only directories and subdirectories match.