Find executable filenames without path

Question

I have a folder with many executables, and I want to omit the path in the results of the find command. this command shows the files I want to see, but it also lists the path; I just want the file name.

find /opt/g09 -maxdepth 1 -executable

how can I get the output of find to show only the filenames, and not the full path?

score 10 · Accepted Answer · edited Jul 01 '15 at 16:24

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Or use:

find /opt/g09 -maxdepth 1 -executable -printf "%f\n"

adding the -type f flag also works here.

From the find manual:

 %f     File's name with any leading directories removed (only the last element).

This answer only requires that you have GNU find whereas others require other programs to manipulate your results.

edited Jul 01 '15 at 16:24

muru

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answered Jul 01 '15 at 16:08

nixpower

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-type f Thats what i was trying to think of! Thank you coding man! – j0h Jul 01 '15 at 16:50
@j0h not a problem! – nixpower Jul 01 '15 at 17:33

score 6 · Answer 2 · answered Jul 01 '15 at 16:06

Use basename :

find /opt/g09 -maxdepth 1 -executable -exec basename {} \;

From man basename:

Print NAME with any leading directory components removed.

Also you are trying to find everything, to restrict your search to only files, use:

find /opt/g09 -type f -maxdepth 1 -executable -exec basename {} \;

score 3 · Answer 3 · answered Jul 01 '15 at 19:06

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The most obvious solution to me is

(cd /opt/g09; find -maxdepth 1 -executable)

Because you start a subshell you remain in the same directory. Advantage of this method is that you don't need parsing. Disadvantage is that you start a subshell (you are not going to feel that though).

answered Jul 01 '15 at 19:06

Bernhard

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It's a clever idea. – A.B. Jul 01 '15 at 20:43

Jacob Vlijm · Answer 4 · 2015-07-01T16:16:31.220

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With awk, splitting the path by the delimiter /, print the last section ($NF):

find /opt/g09 -maxdepth 1 -executable | awk -F/ '{print $NF}'

edited Jul 01 '15 at 16:16

answered Jul 01 '15 at 16:10

Jacob Vlijm

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Where's your python version bro ? ;) – Sergiy Kolodyazhnyy Jul 01 '15 at 16:26
@Serg haha, I had to tie my fingers :) – Jacob Vlijm Jul 01 '15 at 16:33

score 1 · Answer 5 · answered Jul 01 '15 at 16:33

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Using a combination of find and perl

find /opt/g09 -maxdepth 1 -type f -executable | perl -pe 's/.+\/(.*)$/\1/'

answered Jul 01 '15 at 16:33

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Great way to learn some Perl :P – nixpower Jul 02 '15 at 12:16

Find executable filenames without path

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