Find similar folder names recursively in bash

Asked Jan 03 '16 at 11:48

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How could I find similar folder names recursively in bash command line?

I don't know specific name, I want all similar folders grouped by similarity. In other words, I need the bash to search each one by all folder names.

I use bash in OS X terminal.

Similar folder means: folders which have at least one same word. For example, below folder names:

"Example"

"John Example"

"Example (200)"

"12 Example"

edited Jan 03 '16 at 12:41

Jens

asked Jan 03 '16 at 11:48

Soheil Novinfard

Possible duplicate of [Recursively look for files with a specific extension](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5927369/recursively-look-for-files-with-a-specific-extension) – Alessandro Da Rugna Jan 03 '16 at 11:53
No, It is completely different. I don't know the specific name of folders, I just want to know similar folder names in path. – Soheil Novinfard Jan 03 '16 at 11:55
Please define "similar folder". Do you want to find all folders with substring "Example"? – Cyrus Jan 03 '16 at 11:56
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I edited the question. Yes, substring of "Example". However I don't want specific name such as "Example". I want the bash to search each one by all folder names. – Soheil Novinfard Jan 03 '16 at 12:03
I prefer to use R in this case! – user1436187 Jan 03 '16 at 12:15

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