I'm writing a bash script which in a certain part of the process should list the files in a directory older than 1 day and print the list to a text file to work with it later. This is the current command I have:
find . -mtime +0 > list.txt
The problem with this command is that it prints the filenames preceded by "./", e.g.:
./file1
./file2
./file3
How can I do to print only the filenames in this way?
file1
file2
file3
Use basename:
find . -mtime +0 -type f -exec basename {} \; > list.txt
(the reason for the -type f is because otherwise the searched directory is printed).
No need to use extra binary commands if your find supports it:
find . -mtime +0 -printf '%f\n' > list.txt
When targeting files, just add -type f:
find . -mtime +0 -printf '%f\n' -type f > list.txt
Or if you intend to show the files and directories in a specified directory:
find some_dir -mtime +0 -printf '%f\n' -mindepth 1 > list.txt
-type f for same reason I did.
-printf is supported (it is not part of POSIX). GNU find does support it. Others?
-type f really necessary? I tried the first command without that argument and it printed only the filenames and not the directory.
type would also print the parent directory, which I found odd, though maybe I misunderstood. Anyway, all answers help me but I'll take this one, thank you so much. :D