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There is a &quot;type&quot; option in find...<br />
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=== From the man page for find ===<br />
<br />
-type c<br />
&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; File is of type c:<br />
&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; b &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;block (buffered) special<br />
&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; c &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;character (unbuffered) special<br />
&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; d &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;directory<br />
&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; p &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;named pipe (FIFO)<br />
&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; f &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;regular file<br />
&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; l &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;symbolic link (never true if the -L option or the -follow option is in effect, unless the symbolic link is broken).<br />
&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; s &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;socket<br />
&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; D &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;door (Solaris)<br />
==========================<wbr />====<br />
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So try &quot;find -type f &gt;&nbsp;tmp.txt&quot; (or something similar).
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There is a "type" option in find...

=== From the man page for find ===

-type c
              File is of type c:
              b      block (buffered) special
              c      character (unbuffered) special
              d      directory
              p      named pipe (FIFO)
              f      regular file
              l      symbolic link (never true if the -L option or the -follow option is in effect, unless the symbolic link is broken).
              s      socket
              D      door (Solaris)
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So try "find -type f > tmp.txt" (or something similar).

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Autogard's comment is the answer to the question, locate is (horrible) unreliable.
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Autogard's comment is the answer to the question, locate is (horrible) unreliable.

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locate is faster than find though
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&lt;off-topic&gt;<br />
doesn't matter how fast imagination is, I'll wait for the truth ;-)<br />
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doesn't matter how fast imagination is, I'll wait for the truth ;-)
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I'm running this command:<br />
find . &gt;&nbsp;tmp.txt<br />
<br />
but it also includes the directory names it finds along the way. Is there a way to filter out the directories?<br />
<br />
Thanks
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I'm running this command:
find . > tmp.txt

but it also includes the directory names it finds along the way. Is there a way to filter out the directories?

Thanks

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