How to recursively search for files with certain extensions?

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I need to find all the .psd files on my Linux system (dedicated web hosting). I tried something like this: ls -R *.psd, but that's not working. Suggestions?

score 50 · Accepted Answer · answered May 12 '11 at 23:38

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You can use the following find command to do that:

find /path/to/search -iname '*.psd'

iname does a case insensitive search.

answered May 12 '11 at 23:38

onteria_

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I don't know the exact path. How do I do this recursively? – StackOverflowNewbie May 12 '11 at 23:40
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@StackOverflowNewbie It already does it recursively. `/path/to/search` is where you want it to start searching from. If it's the current directory use `find . -iname '*.psd'` – onteria_ May 12 '11 at 23:42
Or `find / -iname '*.psd'` to search the whole system. – Mahn Jun 09 '17 at 17:38

score 6 · Answer 2 · answered May 16 '11 at 15:02

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you also can

ls ./**/*.psd

but:

you must have bash version 4+
you must have shopt -s globstar #in your .bashrc or .profile, etc....
will search case sensitive (or you must set shopt -s nocaseglob too)

answered May 16 '11 at 15:02

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How to recursively search for files with certain extensions?

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