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I am to find all files that start with certailcertain char , e.g

find . -maxdepth 1 \( -name "^m*" -a ! -name "g$" \) -print

but what if someone createcreated file that has special characters in the name of that file? for example

touch "
marst"

this wontwon't be found altoughtalthough it meets the crietrias , howcriteria. How should iI alter the code in order it to find even files whichs startswhich start with a space ?

Also $ -name "^m*" -a ! -name "g$" $ will not work bcsbecause files in find are not "marr" but "./marr" which means this would find nothing , how. How to alter the code to match the start of the word too?

I am to find all files that start with certail char , e.g

find . -maxdepth 1 \( -name "^m*" -a ! -name "g$" \) -print

but what if someone create file that has special characters in the name of that file? for example

touch "
marst"

this wont be found altought it meets the crietrias , how should i alter the code in order it to find even files whichs starts with space ?

Also $ -name "^m*" -a ! -name "g$" $ will not work bcs files in find are not "marr" but "./marr" which means this would find nothing , how to alter the code to match the start of the word too?

I am to find all files that start with certain char , e.g

find . -maxdepth 1 \( -name "^m*" -a ! -name "g$" \) -print

but what if someone created file that has special characters in the name of that file? for example

touch "
marst"

this won't be found although it meets the criteria. How should I alter the code in order it to find even files which start with a space?

Also $ -name "^m*" -a ! -name "g$" $ will not work because files in find are not "marr" but "./marr" which means this would find nothing. How to alter the code to match the start of the word too?

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asked Dec 16, 2015 at 13:19

trolkura

How to process special characters in in file name using find

I am to find all files that start with certail char , e.g

find . -maxdepth 1 \( -name "^m*" -a ! -name "g$" \) -print

but what if someone create file that has special characters in the name of that file? for example

touch "
marst"

this wont be found altought it meets the crietrias , how should i alter the code in order it to find even files whichs starts with space ?

Also $ -name "^m*" -a ! -name "g$" $ will not work bcs files in find are not "marr" but "./marr" which means this would find nothing , how to alter the code to match the start of the word too?