How to find all files ending with .rb with Linux?

Question

I am in a directory which contains more directories. What command can I use to get all files ending with .rb?

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score 82 · Accepted Answer · edited Oct 17 '13 at 16:30

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You could try

find . -type f -name \*.rb

edited Oct 17 '13 at 16:30

Emmanuel

answered Mar 21 '11 at 11:48

bmk

What's the difference from `find . -type f -name *.rb`? – pmor Aug 31 '23 at 14:33
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If you don't escape the ’*’ the shell will try to match the pattern and doesn't pass it to 'find'. Therefore this will only work If the files reside within the current working directory. – bmk Sep 01 '23 at 15:17

Victor Sorokin · Answer 2 · 2011-03-21T15:05:06.360

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Try this find . -type f -name '*.rb'.

For a more thorough explanation, get the 'Unix Power Tools' book.

edited Mar 21 '11 at 15:05

answered Mar 21 '11 at 11:46

Victor Sorokin

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wouldn't that also find files without a dot in front of the `rb`? The OP was very specific, so I think your answer should be too :) – 0xC0000022L Mar 21 '11 at 13:17

score 5 · Answer 3 · answered Mar 21 '11 at 11:46

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This should help:

find . | grep *\.rb

answered Mar 21 '11 at 11:46

pechenie

Sorry, overlooked. Reverted. I was taken aback by using 'pipe grep' in case when all needed functionality already built-in inside `find`. – Victor Sorokin Mar 21 '11 at 11:49
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Thank you! I should judge my actions more carefully. – Victor Sorokin Mar 21 '11 at 11:51

score 0 · Answer 4 · answered May 12 '20 at 18:02

You can find all the files ending with .rb by following command

find . -type f -name '*.rb'

To store the results after finding, you can use the following command

filesEndingWithRb=$(find . -type f -name '*.rb')

To print the results

echo $filesEndingWithRb

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