BASH - search for file with a specifc pattern that exist in directories with specific pattern -RECURSIVELY

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i asked to write script that searching recursively for files that match to the pattern ".foo" BUT the only files which exist in directories that match to the same pattern ".foo". i tried: script name : search_for_foo

function foo_search { while read line; do echo "$line” done < "$1" } for file in ${*:1}; do if [[ $file == *.foo* ]]; then if [[ -f "$file" ]]; then foo_search $file fi if [[ -d "$file" ]]; then search_for_foo $file/* fi fi done <"$1"

it has to work this way : ./search_for_foo --some_file--

thanks in advance

use the find command.

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Michael Vehrs · Accepted Answer · 2016-05-19 09:06:45Z

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Do you mean something like

find -path "*foo/*/foo"

answered May 19, 2016 at 9:06

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P.... · Accepted Answer · 2016-05-19 09:06:46Z

location=$1 pattern=$2 dir=$(find $location -type d -name "*.$pattern") ls -lrt $dir|grep ^- |awk '{print $NF}'

run like ./script.sh /location/directory/ pattern

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