How to find filenames, sort it alphabetically then only head the first 3 characters?
So basically what the title says, ive tried this
find . -type f -exec basename {} ; | sort | xargs head -c 3
But I get :
head: cannot open 'filenamehere' for reading: No such file or
directory
for every files that im trying to read.
Any solution ?
bash
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So basically what the title says, ive tried this
find . -type f -exec basename {} ; | sort | xargs head -c 3
But I get :
head: cannot open 'filenamehere' for reading: No such file or
directory
for every files that im trying to read.
Any solution ?
bash
asked 12 mins ago
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So basically what the title says, ive tried this
find . -type f -exec basename {} ; | sort | xargs head -c 3
But I get :
head: cannot open 'filenamehere' for reading: No such file or
directory
for every files that im trying to read.
Any solution ?
bash
asked 12 mins ago
William ChrétienWilliam Chrétien
1
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So basically what the title says, ive tried this
find . -type f -exec basename {} ; | sort | xargs head -c 3
But I get :
head: cannot open 'filenamehere' for reading: No such file or
directory
for every files that im trying to read.
Any solution ?
bash
bash
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You can use:
find . -type f -exec basename {} ; | sort | sed -Ee 's/(^.{3})(.*)/1/g'
It will sort the files and then will match starting three characters and will only print them.
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You can use:
find . -type f -exec basename {} ; | sort | sed -Ee 's/(^.{3})(.*)/1/g'
It will sort the files and then will match starting three characters and will only print them.
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You can use:
find . -type f -exec basename {} ; | sort | sed -Ee 's/(^.{3})(.*)/1/g'
It will sort the files and then will match starting three characters and will only print them.
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You can use:
find . -type f -exec basename {} ; | sort | sed -Ee 's/(^.{3})(.*)/1/g'
It will sort the files and then will match starting three characters and will only print them.
answered 1 min ago
PRYPRY
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You can use:
find . -type f -exec basename {} ; | sort | sed -Ee 's/(^.{3})(.*)/1/g'
It will sort the files and then will match starting three characters and will only print them.
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