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Kunyuan Xiao
Kunyuan Xiao

Reputation: 175

Linux display files with order

How to display all files with specific extensions. For example, I have a1.cpp, b2.cpp, c3.py, d4.py. How to display cpp only with numbers.

1. a1.cpp
2. a2.cpp

Upvotes: 1

Views: 52

Answers (1)

RomanPerekhrest
RomanPerekhrest

Reputation: 92854

How to display cpp only with numbers

Use find command:

find -type f -name "*[0-9].cpp"

If "with numbers" you meant not numbers within filenames, but the incremental numbers of outputted items/files - find + nl pipeline:

find -type f -name "*.cpp" | nl -nln -s'. ' -w1

Upvotes: 3

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