find files within a specific directory structure but a variable parent directory structure
I want to use the find command in linux to find a specific file nested within a specific directory structure, say dir1/dir2/reqdfile
.
But this directory structure can itself be nested within any parent directory structure.
Is it possible to a search like?
find directory_to_search -name "**/dir1/dir2/reqdfile"
What is the exact syntax?
Solution 1:
Use -path
instead of -name
:
find directory_to_search -path "*/dir1/dir2/reqdfile"
Note that there's only one asterisk.