Hhappy new year. Well it seems the duplicate files may be in the home
directory after all! It seems a simple locate is all I needed.
On Sun, Dec 22, 2024, 5:33 PM Michael <
bmike1@gmail.com> wrote:
> 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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