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print file name having particular extension located in numerous subdirectory

Hello!

I want to print the name of file having '.gbk' extension located in numerous subdirectory within my directory 'test'. However I have an issue with my bash code

#!/bin/bash
files='$.gbk'
if [ "-e home/ha/desktop/test/*/$files" ];
then
echo "$files"
fi

any suggestions?

bash
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written by vmicrobio vmicrobio

Hello abel.i!

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written by GenoMax GenoMax

3 answers

Something like :

find pathDirectoryWhereYouWantStart -type f -iname "*.gbk"

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written by Titus Titus 
man find
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written by Devon Ryan Devon Ryan

Thanks!!

it works with:

ls -I "*.gbk" -R
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written by vmicrobio vmicrobio

While that may sort of work, it is an ugly way to find the files you need (especially if there are files other than .gbk in the directories). Look into find as suggested by @titus above.

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written by GenoMax GenoMax

Yes, I'm looking for an elegant way to do it!

For the moment this is what I found:

find . '(' -name '*.gbk' ')' > FileWithGBK
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written by vmicrobio vmicrobio

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