Unix “find” command usage

Question

This is for a bash installation script. The script foo.sh takes \"DIRECTORY\" as an argument. Say, there is a dir <$HOME>/TEST/TEST_1A/TEST_2A/TEST_3 and anot

Answer 1

You could try:

if [[ "$1" == */* ]]; then
    EXPR="-path *$1"
else
    EXPR="-name $1"
fi
DIR=$(find $HOME -type d $EXPR | head -1)

A simple name like "TEST_3" will translate into find -name TEST_3 but a name with a slash like "ST_2/TEST_3" will translate into find -path *ST_2/TEST3. This will take care of (partial) directory names.