How to find list of directories names with locations under given path with exact pattern matching with recursive

Question

Below is my command

find <path> -type d -name "FY09"

I need to have recursive search under path

I am trying to get directories which starts with FY09. While using above command it is not recursive one. Need to have recursive path searching. — lakshmi sowmya, Aug 06 '19 at 06:22
This question has many answers [here](https://askubuntu.com/questions/153144/how-can-i-recursively-search-for-directory-names-with-a-particular-string-where) — CodeIt, Aug 06 '19 at 06:46

score 0 · Answer 1 · edited Aug 06 '19 at 07:33

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find is recursive but if you are searching for directories that start with a string you should use wild card character *

find <path> -type d -name "FY09*"

edited Aug 06 '19 at 07:33

CodeIt

answered Aug 06 '19 at 06:31

E. Bompiani

How to delete that output of above command. I have used -delete. But no improve. – lakshmi sowmya Aug 06 '19 at 06:37
@lakshmisowmya This should do `find -type d -name "FY09*" | rm -rf` – CodeIt Aug 06 '19 at 06:40

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