Find a filename in a directory excluding zeros that appear in the beginning of the filename
I have a directory with file names as " 202.png, 405.png, 0052.png, 04050.png, ......
I need a find command to find filenames excluding zeros that appear in the beginning of the file name.
For example if i have a file with file name 00504.png then when I pass argument 504.png to find command it has to return the filename 00504.png which is actual name of the file in the directory.
Expected output command is
$ find . -name 504.png
It has to return the original filename which is 00504.png
linux find filenames
edited Jan 10 at 19:00
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I have a directory with file names as " 202.png, 405.png, 0052.png, 04050.png, ......
I need a find command to find filenames excluding zeros that appear in the beginning of the file name.
For example if i have a file with file name 00504.png then when I pass argument 504.png to find command it has to return the filename 00504.png which is actual name of the file in the directory.
Expected output command is
$ find . -name 504.png
It has to return the original filename which is 00504.png
linux find filenames
edited Jan 10 at 19:00
Rui F Ribeiro
39.5k1479133
asked Jan 9 at 18:11
Praveen KumarPraveen Kumar
313
add a comment |
I have a directory with file names as " 202.png, 405.png, 0052.png, 04050.png, ......
I need a find command to find filenames excluding zeros that appear in the beginning of the file name.
For example if i have a file with file name 00504.png then when I pass argument 504.png to find command it has to return the filename 00504.png which is actual name of the file in the directory.
Expected output command is
$ find . -name 504.png
It has to return the original filename which is 00504.png
linux find filenames
edited Jan 10 at 19:00
Rui F Ribeiro
39.5k1479133
asked Jan 9 at 18:11
Praveen KumarPraveen Kumar
313
I have a directory with file names as " 202.png, 405.png, 0052.png, 04050.png, ......
I need a find command to find filenames excluding zeros that appear in the beginning of the file name.
For example if i have a file with file name 00504.png then when I pass argument 504.png to find command it has to return the filename 00504.png which is actual name of the file in the directory.
Expected output command is
$ find . -name 504.png
It has to return the original filename which is 00504.png
linux find filenames
linux find filenames
edited Jan 10 at 19:00
Rui F Ribeiro
39.5k1479133
asked Jan 9 at 18:11
Praveen KumarPraveen Kumar
313
edited Jan 10 at 19:00
Rui F Ribeiro
39.5k1479133
asked Jan 9 at 18:11
Praveen KumarPraveen Kumar
313
edited Jan 10 at 19:00
Rui F Ribeiro
39.5k1479133
edited Jan 10 at 19:00
Rui F Ribeiro
39.5k1479133
edited Jan 10 at 19:00
Rui F Ribeiro
39.5k1479133
39.5k1479133
asked Jan 9 at 18:11
Praveen KumarPraveen Kumar
313
asked Jan 9 at 18:11
Praveen KumarPraveen Kumar
313
asked Jan 9 at 18:11
Praveen KumarPraveen Kumar
313
313
add a comment |
add a comment |
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As far as I know, the find command's -name only supports simple glob matches. However you could use -regex to match 504.png prefixed by zero or more 0 characters:
find . -regex '.*/0*504.png'
The leading .*/ is because -regex is a full path match.
If you don't need a recursive search, then shells such as bash may provide extended globs that allow expressions like *(0)
printf '%sn' *(0)504.png
Check the documentation for the shell you are using.
answered Jan 9 at 18:23
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As far as I know, the find command's -name only supports simple glob matches. However you could use -regex to match 504.png prefixed by zero or more 0 characters:
find . -regex '.*/0*504.png'
The leading .*/ is because -regex is a full path match.
If you don't need a recursive search, then shells such as bash may provide extended globs that allow expressions like *(0)
printf '%sn' *(0)504.png
Check the documentation for the shell you are using.
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As far as I know, the find command's -name only supports simple glob matches. However you could use -regex to match 504.png prefixed by zero or more 0 characters:
find . -regex '.*/0*504.png'
The leading .*/ is because -regex is a full path match.
If you don't need a recursive search, then shells such as bash may provide extended globs that allow expressions like *(0)
printf '%sn' *(0)504.png
Check the documentation for the shell you are using.
answered Jan 9 at 18:23
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As far as I know, the find command's -name only supports simple glob matches. However you could use -regex to match 504.png prefixed by zero or more 0 characters:
find . -regex '.*/0*504.png'
The leading .*/ is because -regex is a full path match.
If you don't need a recursive search, then shells such as bash may provide extended globs that allow expressions like *(0)
printf '%sn' *(0)504.png
Check the documentation for the shell you are using.
answered Jan 9 at 18:23
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As far as I know, the find command's -name only supports simple glob matches. However you could use -regex to match 504.png prefixed by zero or more 0 characters:
find . -regex '.*/0*504.png'
The leading .*/ is because -regex is a full path match.
If you don't need a recursive search, then shells such as bash may provide extended globs that allow expressions like *(0)
printf '%sn' *(0)504.png
Check the documentation for the shell you are using.
answered Jan 9 at 18:23
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