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From what I understood, this is what OP is doing now but they are not satisfied with it.

Arkadiusz Drabczyk
– Arkadiusz Drabczyk

2020-05-02 14:18:59 +00:00
Commented May 2, 2020 at 14:18
BTW, you don't need echo.

Arkadiusz Drabczyk
– Arkadiusz Drabczyk

2020-05-02 14:19:39 +00:00
Commented May 2, 2020 at 14:19
I understood the OP is doing SEARCH='*.txt' find / -name $SEARCH. The echo is there only to let him know it is a 'pipe-ish' solution that he can substitute with other commands.

Eduardo Trápani
– Eduardo Trápani

2020-05-02 14:19:45 +00:00
Commented May 2, 2020 at 14:19
Both of these will work. I like the 2nd better. However both will stall the pipe. find can not start until cut ends. It is good if the grep ... cut is quick, and produces little output.

ctrl-alt-delor
– ctrl-alt-delor

2020-05-02 14:29:32 +00:00
Commented May 2, 2020 at 14:29

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