Top "Find" questions

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Scala check if element is present in a list

I need to check if a string is present in a list, and call a function which accepts a boolean …

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Find files in created between a date range

I use AIX via telnet here at work, and I'd like to know how to find files in a specific …

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Find methods calls in Eclipse project

I have a class X containing method myMethod(). I would like to find locations in all projects in my current …

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find without recursion

Is it possible to use the find command in some way that it will not recurse into the sub-directories? For …

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How can I search for a multiline pattern in a file?

I needed to find all the files that contained a specific string pattern. The first solution that comes to mind …

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How to select where ID in Array Rails ActiveRecord without exception

When I have array of ids, like ids = [2,3,5] and I perform Comment.find(ids) everything works fine. But when there …

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Linux find file names with given string recursively

I'm on Ubuntu, and I'd like to find all files in the current directory and subdirectories whose name contains the …

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How to use '-prune' option of 'find' in sh?

I don't quite understand the example given from the man find, can anyone give me some examples and explanations? Can …

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Use find command but exclude files in two directories

I want to find files that end with _peaks.bed, but exclude files in the tmp and scripts folders. My …

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Mongoose.js: Find user by username LIKE value

I like to to go find a user in mongoDb by looking for a user called value. The problem with: …

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