finding files

UNIX Solaris
1

Hi,

I am trying to find all files ending in a particular file extension, ie all files ending with .pdf

find / -name *.pdf

But this doesnt seem to work, ie it doesnt find the files, is there a better way of doing this? I am using solaris 9

2

Try it this way....

find / -name "*.pdf"

3

you might want to throw in the -type f

this way you will only find files not directories and what not.

find / -name -type f "*.pdf"

4

Thanks all - both of these were of great use, I found the files I was looking for..

5

# find / -print | grep -i pdf

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