How to only get file name with Linux 'find'?

In GNU find you can use -printf parameter for that, e.g.:

find /dir1 -type f -printf "%f\n"

If your find doesn't have a -printf option you can also use basename:

find ./dir1 -type f -exec basename {} \;

If you are using GNU find

find . -type f -printf "%f\n"

Or you can use a programming language such as Ruby(1.9+)

$ ruby -e 'Dir["**/*"].each{|x| puts File.basename(x)}'

If you fancy a bash (at least 4) solution

shopt -s globstar
for file in **; do echo ${file##*/}; done

Use -execdir which automatically holds the current file in {}, for example:

find . -type f -execdir echo '{}' ';'

^{You can also use $PWD instead of . (on some systems it won't produce an extra dot in the front).}

If you still got an extra dot, alternatively you can run:

find . -type f -execdir basename '{}' ';'

-execdir utility [argument ...] ;

The -execdir primary is identical to the -exec primary with the exception that utility will be executed from the directory that holds the current file.

When used + instead of ;, then {} is replaced with as many pathnames as possible for each invocation of utility. In other words, it'll print all filenames in one line.