Question

Tricky question for a bash noob like me, but i’m sure this this easier that it seems to me.
I’m currently using the find command as follows :

run "find #{current_release}/migration/ -name '*.sql'| sort -n | xargs  cat >#{current_release}/#{stamp}.sql"

in my capistrano recipe.

Problem is #{current_release}/migration/ contains subfolders, and I’d like the find command to include only one of these, depending on it’s name (that I know, it’s based on the target environment.

As a recap, folder structure is

Folder
|- sub1
|- sub2

and i’m trying to make a find specifying to recurse ONLY on sub1 for example. I’m sure this is possible, just couldn’t find how.
Thanks.

Answer 1

Simply specify the directory you want as argument to find, e.g. find #{current_release}/migration/sub1 ....

EDIT: As per your clarification, you should use the -maxdepth argument for find, to limit the recursion depth. So, for example, you can use find firstdir firstdir/sub1 -maxdepth 1.