Comments on: Find a file by name in UNIX/Solaris/Linux http://www.tech-recipes.com/rx/21/find-a-file-by-name-in-unixsolarislinux/ Computer and technology tutorials and guides Sat, 21 Nov 2009 20:38:45 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Jesse F. http://www.tech-recipes.com/rx/21/find-a-file-by-name-in-unixsolarislinux/comment-page-1/#comment-7105 Jesse F. Thu, 08 Jan 2009 02:09:04 +0000 guid-fix-me!#comment-7105 His problem is is that he doesn't have permissions to view a lot of the files 'find' uses. Here's a few options:<br>If you don't have root permission, then you can supress error messages like so: 'find -ignore_readdir_race /parent/path/here -name file_name.txt'<br>Or if you can get permission, then: 'sudo find /parent/path/here -name file_name.txt'<br><br>yay! His problem is is that he doesn't have permissions to view a lot of the files 'find' uses. Here's a few options:
If you don't have root permission, then you can supress error messages like so: 'find -ignore_readdir_race /parent/path/here -name file_name.txt'
Or if you can get permission, then: 'sudo find /parent/path/here -name file_name.txt'

yay!

]]> By: venkata sudheer http://www.tech-recipes.com/rx/21/find-a-file-by-name-in-unixsolarislinux/comment-page-1/#comment-5221 venkata sudheer Mon, 17 Nov 2008 11:17:50 +0000 guid-fix-me!#comment-5221 try this # find <folder path> -name <filename> -print try this # find <folder path> -name <filename> -print

]]> By: Quinn McHenry http://www.tech-recipes.com/rx/21/find-a-file-by-name-in-unixsolarislinux/comment-page-1/#comment-4420 Quinn McHenry Wed, 22 Oct 2008 17:30:32 +0000 guid-fix-me!#comment-4420 Yeah, totally. Normal output goes to "standard output" which can be redirected with normal measures. It's actually a nice thing that those messages are sent to "standard error" so you can redirect those but keep the more interesting responses.<br><br>find / -name something 2> /dev/null Yeah, totally. Normal output goes to “standard output” which can be redirected with normal measures. It's actually a nice thing that those messages are sent to “standard error” so you can redirect those but keep the more interesting responses.

find / -name something 2> /dev/null

]]> By: snarfel http://www.tech-recipes.com/rx/21/find-a-file-by-name-in-unixsolarislinux/comment-page-1/#comment-4419 snarfel Wed, 22 Oct 2008 17:22:45 +0000 guid-fix-me!#comment-4419 so, i get a bunch of "Permission Denied" notices for directories that my current user account can't access. is there a way to suppress these? so, i get a bunch of “Permission Denied” notices for directories that my current user account can't access. is there a way to suppress these?

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