Awesome, thanks! After that I can search for jpgs I took. I really
appreciate it.
On Sun, Dec 22, 2024 at 12:53 PM Snyder, Alexander J <
alexander@snyderfamily.co> wrote:
> 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.
>
> ---
> Thanks,
> Alexander
>
> Sent from my Google Pixel 7 Pro
>
> 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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