I have a directory x which contains n files. I need to find which of them contains the word y or z in their name by typing just one command.
ls *x*|*z*
ls [*x*|*z*]
How can I do that? Thank you in advance!
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Use `ls *[xz]*`, or `find . -name '*[xz]*'` – Wiktor Stribiżew Apr 14 '20 at 15:49
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Error that shows up ls: cannot access '*[xz]*': No such file or directory – Koti Apr 14 '20 at 15:51
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Both work in my Ubuntu 18 returning `abcx` and `abcz` but not `abcd`. – Wiktor Stribiżew Apr 14 '20 at 15:54
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It didn't find sth. – Koti Apr 14 '20 at 15:55
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I probably have a problem on my machine. Thank you. Going to check it out. – Koti Apr 14 '20 at 15:55
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use find. Specify path to your x directory, specify that you want to find only files (type-f) and list several masks for files you want with -name:
find /path/to/x_directory -type f -name "*y*" -name "*z*"
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