How can I use a variable in find command?

Question

 echo "Please, Type an existing title what you want to read: "
 read item_name
 item_name=${item_name,,}
 find . -type f -name '$item_name*'

How can I use the last line?

Use `"`, single quotes wont be expended to the variable's value — 0stone0, Aug 29 '22 at 10:39

score 0 · Answer 1 · edited Aug 30 '22 at 08:06

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Use double quotes to have the variable expanded:

find . -type f -name "$item_name*"

edited Aug 30 '22 at 08:06

user1934428

answered Aug 29 '22 at 10:45

murugesan openssl

And how can i use cat command after this? – Indrojit Mondal Aug 29 '22 at 12:58
The `cat` command doesn't care if you ran `find` before it, or at all. If you are trying to ask how to `cat` the found files, that's `find ... -exec cat {} +`. Going forward, please search before asking. – tripleee Aug 29 '22 at 13:03

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