Is there a way to filter output of bash 'find' command to exclude results with "permission denied"?

Question

When I want to find a file I use the command find <directory> -name <filename>. Often the command will output multiple lines with "Permission Denied" at the end. Is there a way to filter the results to exclude these lines?

Possible duplicate of How can I exclude all "permission denied" messages from "find"? — Arkadiusz Drabczyk
– Arkadiusz Drabczyk, Commented Sep 9, 2019 at 21:16

Avinash Yadav · Accepted Answer · 2019-09-10 07:00:43Z

1

This will work

find <directory> -name <filename> 2>/dev/null

Example

[test@satellite ~]$ find / -name test
find: ‘/boot/grub2’: Permission denied
find: ‘/proc/tty/driver’: Permission denied
find: ‘/proc/1/task/1/fd’: Permission denied
find: ‘/proc/1/task/1/fdinfo’: Permission denied
find: ‘/proc/1/task/1/ns’: Permission denied

When 2>/dev/null is used

[test@satellite ~]$ find / -name test 2>/dev/null
/var/spool/mail/test
/usr/bin/test
/usr/lib64/python2.7/test
/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/OpenSSL/test
/usr/lib64/python2.7/unittest/test
/usr/share/doc/jsr-305-0/sampleUses/test

answered Sep 10, 2019 at 7:00

Avinash Yadav

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