Here's a BASH one-liner to find all .jpg files not located in /home/bmike1/pictures:

find / -path /home/bmike1/pictures -prune -o -type f -iname "*.jpg" -print

Explanation:

1. /: Start searching from the root directory.

2.

-path /home/bmike1/pictures 

-prune: Exclude /home/bmike1/pictures from the search.

3. -o: Logical OR to continue the search for other conditions.

4. -type f: Search for files only.

5. -iname "*.jpg": Match files with a .jpg extension (case-insensitive).

6. -print: Print the matching file paths.

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Thanks,
Alexander

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On Sun, Dec 22, 2024, 10:48 Michael via PLUG-discuss <plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org> wrote:

I figured out how to find the files I errantly copied to another folder and then forgot where it went. Would someone write me a script to find jpg files and JPG files not in /home/bmike1/pictures ? 

Actually what happened was that I accidentally copied my picture folder into another folder. The battery in the mouse was dying so the mouse was acting erratically.

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